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Waves

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diffraction the change in direction of a wave when it encounters and obstacle or edge
refraction the bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another at an angle
standing wave a pattern of vibration that resembles a stationary wave
reflection the bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary
constructive Int Interference that increases amplitude
destructive Int Interference that decrease amplitude
principle of superposition method of adding crests and thoughts of interfering waves together to describe a new wave
beats sounds produced by the inference of sound waves that are used to tune piano strings
Interference the combination of two or more wave that results in a single wave
Nodes points in a standing wave that have no vibration due to destructive Interference
sound sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave
Pitch Pitch is a measure of how high or low something sounds
infrasonic vibration or stress waves in elastic media, having a frequency below those of sound waves that can be detected by the human ear
ultrasonic Ultrasound is sound with frequencies greater than 20 kilohertz
Doppler Doppler Effect refers to the change in wave frequency during the relative motion between a wave source and its observer.
Acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids
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