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9th Week 26 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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explicit | Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable |
extensive | Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity |
preliminary | Preceding or in preparation for something more important |
cease | Put an end to a state or an activity |
facilitate | Make easier |
presumably | By reasonable assumption |
cohesion | The state of sticking together |
prohibit | Command against |
coincide | Happen simultaneously |
infinite | Having no limits or boundaries in time or space |
wave | a disturbance that carries energy through matter or space. |
energy | the ability to exert a force over a distance, or to do work. |
transverse | the wave motion is perpendicular to the particle motion. |
longitudinal | wave motion is parallel to the particle motion. |
amplitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position. |
wavelength | the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave. |
frequency | The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a given time interval |
period | a measurement of the time it takes for a wave to pass a given point. |