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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wave | A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter. |
| Mechanical Wave | A wave that travels only through matter but not through a vacuum. |
| 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 Waves | Causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels. |
| Sound waves | A longitudinal wave that can travel through only 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 is pitch. |