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Waves
The study of waves and their properties.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Waves | a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring energy. |
| Mechanical waves | a wave that only travels through matter. |
| Medium | a material in which a wave travels |
| transverse waves | a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
| longitudinal wave | causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels. |
| sound wave | a longitudinal wave that can travel; only through matter. |
| amplitude | the maximum distance that the wave moves from it's rest position. |
| wavelength | waves measured from one rarefaction to the next. |
| frequency | the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| pitch | perception of how high or low a sound seems. |