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Waves
The study of waves and their properties.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Waves | A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter |
| Mechanical waves | A mechanical wave is a wave that travels through matter |
| Medium | A material in which a wave travels |
| Transverse waves | A transverse wave is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels |
| Sound waves | A longitude wave that can travel only through matter. |
| Water waves | Water waves is a friction between the winds at sea and the water forms water waves. |
| Longitudinal | A longitudinal wave causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels |
| amplitude | The amplitude of a wave is the maximum distance that the wave moves its rest position. |
| Wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is the wavelength. |
| Frequency | The frequency of the wave is the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time. |
| Pitch | The perception of how high or low a Sound seems is pitch. |