vocabulary
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wave | periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium
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longitudinal wave | wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of wave motion
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transverse wave | wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water
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medium | a material through which a wave can travel through
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amplitude | the maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their rest position
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wave speed | the speed at which a wave travels through a medium
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wave length | the distance from any point on a wave to an identical pont on the next wave
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frequency | the number of waves produced in a given amount of time
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reflection | the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through
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refraction | the bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs
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diffraction | a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge, such as an opening
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interference | the combination of two or more wave that results in a single wave
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