Wave Vocab

Front

Material that carries the wave

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Medium

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Front

A wave that needs a medium to travel.

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Mechanical Wave

Front

A wave with oscillating electric and magnetic fields, radiating at light speed.

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Electromagnetic Wave

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Front

Wave where medium particles move perpendicular to wave direction.

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Transverse Wave

Front

Wave where medium particles vibrate parallel to wave motion

Back

Longitudnial

Front

Highest point of a wave

Back

Crest

Front

Lowest point of a wave

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Trough

Front

Max distance particles of a wave vibrate from rest position

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Amplitude

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Distance from a point on a wave to the same point on the next wave

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Wavelength

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Front

Time for a complete wave cycle in physics

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Period

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