Waves
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- crests
- the highest point of a transverse wave
- wave length
- the distance between two adjacent compressions
- surface wave
- a wave that occurs at the boundary between two media when transverse and longitudinal waves combine
- resonance
- when one viabrating object causes similar vibrations in another object that is nearby
- refraction
- the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medim to another
- deffraction
- the bending of waves around a barrier or through an opening
- standing wave
- kind of wave that looks like it is stationary
- amplitude
- the maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position
- interference
- when two or more waves overlap
- transverse wave
- waves in which particles of the medium vibrate in an up-and-down motion
- wave
- a disturbance that transmits energy through matter and space
- medium
- a substance through which a wave can travel,
- hertz
- measurement equal to one wave per second
- reflection
- an echo, for example(wave interaction)
- frequency
- the number of waves produced in a given amount of time
- longitudinal wave
- wave in which particles in the medium vibrate back and forth along the path the wave travels
- perpendicular
- describes lines that meet at right angles
- troughs
- the lowest point of a transverse wave