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Wave properties
Topic one lesson one waves
Term | Definition |
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Wave | A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place |
Mechanical wave | A wave that a medium through just to travel |
Medium | The material through in which a wave travels |
Electromagnetic radiation | The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves. |
Traverse wave | A wave that moves the medium at a right angle to the direction on which it travels |
Amplitude | The height of a traverse wave from the center to the crest or though |
Longitudinal wave | A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels |
Wave length | The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave such as the distance between two crests |
Frequency | The number of of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time. |
Crest | High point of an wave |
Trough | The low point of a wave |
Node | A point where the wave crosses the resting line |