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lizabell
chpt 14 vocab
Term | Definition |
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wave | a periodic disturbance in a solid liquid or gas as energy |
medium | a physical environment in which phenomena occur |
mechanical wave | a wave that requires a medium through travel |
electromagnetic wave | a wave that consist of oscillating electric |
transverse wave | a wave in which the particles of the medium |
longitudinal wave | a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate |
crest | the highest point of a wave |
trough | the lowest point of a wave |
amplitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium |
wave length | the distance form any on a wave to an identical point |
period | the time takes a complete cycle or wave |
frequency | the number of cycle or vibration |
Doppler effect | an observed change in the frequency |