Is it true that in the water sound travels as transverse waves only?

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The above statement is False.
Since liquids are non-compressible, sound can't travel as a transverse wave through the liquid. Also, the compression/rarefaction of gases facilitates longitudinal waves instead of transverse waves. Sound is produced by the vibrations of the particles of matter. These particles vibrate in the direction of propagation of waves. This wave propagates in the form of compression and rarefactions. When an object vibrates, its particles transfer the energy to the neighbour particles without moving from its position. Similarly, neighbour particles transfer this energy to their neighbour particles. This process goes on, and vibrating energy converts to sound energy. So no matter which medium sound waves propagate, it's always longitudinal.
The correct statement would be, sound always travels in the water as a longitudinal wave.

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