properties of waves
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| wave | disturbance that moves through matter or space
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| energy | a force having the power to make things move or do work
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| medium | material through which a wave travels
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| frequency | number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second
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| amplitude | for a transverse wave, one half the distance between the crest and trough
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| wavelength | distance between a point on one wave and the same point on the next wave
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| refraction | change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one material into another
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| reflection | something that is turned back from a surface
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| transverse | mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move at right angles to the direction the wave travels
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| compressional | mechanical wave that causes particles in matter to move back and forth along the direction the wave travels
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| transmission | the process of sending along
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