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| Peak of a transverse wave |
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| Lowest point of a transverse wave |
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| The points in a longitudinal wave where all the particles are bunched together. (high pressure) |
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| The points in a longitudinal wave where all the particles are far apart (low pressure) |
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| A wave that involves oscillations that occur parallel to the direction of the energy transfer |
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| A wave that involves oscillations that occur perpendicular to the direction of the energy transfer |
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| The Principal of Superposition |
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| When two waves of the same type meet, the resulting disturbance at any point and at any time is simply the vector sum of the resulting disturbances that would have occurred of the individual waves |
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| A situation that occurs when two identical waves meet at a point and are out phase by 180 degrees resulting in a wave of zero amplitude |
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| Constructive Interference |
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| A situation that occurs when two identical waves meet at a point and are exactly in phase resulting in a wave that has twice the amplitude of either of the original waves |
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| A surface at right angles to the direction of a wave consisting of waves in phase |
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| Denoted by landa, this is the shortest distance (m) between two points that are in phase with one another |
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| The speed at which the wave pattern passes a stationary observer |
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| The power per unit of area that is received by the observer |
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| Progressive waves that transfer energy. This transfer is achieved by the oscillations of the medium through which the wave travels |
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| The situation that occurs when a wave is reflected at the boundary of two media resulting in the wave staying in its original position |
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| The situation that occurs when a wave is transmitted across the boundary between two media and subsequently moves from one medium into the other |
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