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Waves
The study of waves and their properties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| waves | Is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter |
| Medium | A material in which a wave travels. |
| transverse wave | Is 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 | is a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter. |
| Amplitude | The maximum distance that the wave moves from it's rest position |
| wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is the wavelength. |
| Frequency | The number of times the pattern repeats in a given time |
| pitch | The perception of how high or low a sound seems. |
| Mechanical waves | The perception of how high or low a sound seems. |