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waves
the study of waves and there property
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| wave | a wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter |
| mechanical wave | a wave that only travels through matter. |
| medium | a material in which a wave travels is called a medium |
| transverse wave | is 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 waves travels. |
| sound wave | is a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter. |
| amplitude | is the maximum distance that the waves moves from its rest position. |
| wavelength | longitudinal waves are measured from one compression to the next compression or from one refraction to the next rarefaction |
| frequency | is the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| pitch | the percent of how high or how low a sound seems is called pitch |