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waves
the study of waves and their properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| wave | is a disturbance that transfers energy form one place to another without transferring matter |
| mechanical wave | is a wave that travels only through matter |
| 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 waves | a longitude wave that can travel only through matter |
| amplitude | a waves maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position |
| wavelength | the distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave |
| frequency | a wave is the number of times the pattern repeats In a given time. |
| pitch | the perception of how high or low a sound seems |