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Chapter 4 - Secion 1
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary | Definition |
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wave | a disturbance that transfers energy form place to place |
medium | the material through which a wave travels (plural - media) |
mechanical wave | waves that require a medium through which to travel |
vibration | a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion; the source of the wave |
transverse waves | waves that move in right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling |
crest | the highest part of the wave |
troughs | the lowest parts of the wave |
Longitudinal | move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling |
compressions | the parts where the coils are close together |
rarefactions | parts where the coils are spread apart |
surface waves | combination of transverse and longitudinal waves |