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STEELE

STEELE--WAVES

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AMPLITUDE MEASURE OF THE ENERGY IN A WAVE
COMPRESSIONAL MATTER MOVES IN SAME DIRECTION AS WAVE TRAVELS
CREST HIGHEST POINT OF A WAVE
DIFFRACTION BENDING OF A WAVE AS IT PASSES AROUND A BARRIER
FREQUENCY HOW MANY WAVELENGTHS PASS A FIXED POINT EACH SECOND
INTERFERENCE WHEN TWO OR MORE WAVES OVERLAP AND COMBINE TO FORM A NEW WAVE
MEDIUM A MATERIAL THAT A WAVE TRANSFERS ENERGY THROUGH
RAREFACTION SPREAD APART PORTION OF A COMPRESSIONAL WAVE
REFRACTION BENDING OF A WAVE AS IT MOVES FROM ONE MEDIUM TO ANOTHER
RESONANCE ABILITY OF AN OBJECT TO VIBRATE BY ABSORBING ENERGY AT ITS NATURAL FREQUENCY
STANDING WAVE WHEN WAVES CONTINUOUSLY INTERFERE WITH EACH OTHER
TRANSVERSE MATTER MOVES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION THE WAVE TRAVELS
TROUGH LOWEST POINT OF A WAVE
WAVE A REPEATING DISTURBANCE THAT TRANSFERS ENERGY THROUGH MATTER OR SPACE
WAVELENGTH DISTANCE BETWEEN ONE POINT ON A WAVE AND THE NEAREST POINT JUST LIKE IT
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