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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wave | Is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter. |
| Mechanical wave | Is a wave that travels only 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 particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels. |
| Sound waves | A longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter. |
| Amplitude | A wave's maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position. |
| wavelength | The distant 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. |