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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wave | a disturbance that transfers energy from on place to another without transferring matter. |
| mechanical wave | a wave that travels only through matter but not a vacuum |
| medium | a material in which a wave travels. |
| transverse wave | a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels. |
| longitudinal wave | Causes the particle 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 its rest position. |
| Intensity | the amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second |
| wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave |
| frequency | the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| pitch | the perception of how high or low a sound seems. |
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