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Wave

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Wave   Is a disturbance that moves through matter or space.  
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Transverse wave   Is a wave that cause particles i matter to move back and forth in right angles to the directions in which the waves travle.  
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Compressional Wave   It cause particles in matter to move back in forth along the same directions in which the waves travel.  
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Wave Length   It is the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point moving with the same speed and direction.  
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Frequency   Is the number of wave lengths that pass by a point each second.  
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Law of refliction   the angle that the incoming wave make with the normal equals the angle that outgoing wave make with the normal  
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Refraction   Is the change in directions of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one material to another  
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diffraction   Is the bending of waves around an object  
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Opaque   not able to let light through  
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translucent   allowing light, but not detailed images, to pass through;  
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Transparent   allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen:  
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Reflect   throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it  
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absorb   take in or soak up  
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transmit   cause (something) to pass on from one place or person to another:  
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