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Electricity

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Diffraction   bending of waves around an object  
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Electromagnetic Wave   waves that can travel through matter or empty space  
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Electromagnetic Spectrum   complete range of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths  
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Compressional Wave   mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the direction the waves travel  
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Transverse Wave   mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move at right angles to the direction the wave travels  
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Intensity   amount of energy a wave carries past a certain area past a certain area each second  
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Pitch   human perception of the frequency of sound  
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Infrared Wave   electromagnetic wave with wavelengths between about one thousandth of a meter and 700 billionths of a meter  
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Reverberation   repeated echoes of sound waves  
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Wavelength   distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point moving with the same speed of direction  
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Wave   disturbance that moves through matter and space and carries energy  
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Frequency   number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second, measuring in hertz  
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Refraction   change in direction of a wave when it speed as it travels from one material into another  
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Ultraviolet Waves   electromagnetic waves with wavelengths between about 400 billionths and 10 billionths of a meter  
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Law of Reflection   states that the angle the incoming wave makes with the normal to the reflecting surface equals the angle the reflected wave makes with the surface  
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