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| number of complete cycles per time period (seconds is standard) |
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| time required to complete a cycle (seconds) |
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| Moving oscillations, periodic disturbances; don't carry matter, but do carry energy |
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| Greatest distance from the equilibrium point; the maximum displacement of a periodic wave |
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| The distance between corresponding points on two successive crests |
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| When waves bounce off of barriers such that angle of incidence equals angle of ___________ |
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| When a wave enters a new medium, it may change speed and/or often direction (depending on the angle of incidence) |
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| when waves spread as they travel and encounter objects, moving around those objects |
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| Constructive interference |
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| When two waves overlap so that the crests (or troughs) line up and create a new displacement larger than either original crest (or trough) |
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| When two waves overlap so that a crest and a trough line up and cancel each other out, resulting in no displacement |
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| waves with a hill/valley shape, displacement of the wave is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling |
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| compression waves; vibrations travel in the same direction as the waves length |
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| the vibration resulting from the application of an external periodic force. |
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| a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near a natural frequency of an object |
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| The frequency at which an object starts to oscillate |
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| the frequency that an object resonates at if not affected by external forces |
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| a wave with a constant amplitude and frequency |
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| a wave with a non constant amplitude and/or frequency |
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| The process through which a wave is transmitted through a medium |
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| The speed of a wave, wave velocity |
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| the medium through which a wave travels |
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| The part of a wave where molecules are more dense due to the movement of the wave |
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| The part of a wave where molecules are less dense due to the movement of the wave |
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| an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave |
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| an imaginary line in the direction a wave/wave front is traveling |
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| An imaginary line perpendicular to a surface, against which angles of incidence, reflection, and refraction are measured |
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| The angle at which a wave hits a barrier or new medium; measured against the normal line |
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| The angle at which a wave bounces off of a barrier; measured against the normal line |
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| The angle of the direction change when a wave enters a new medium; measured against the normal line |
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| Principle of superposition |
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| states that when the paths of waves intersect, the vector displacements (of the crests and troughs of each wave) add |
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| A point on a standing wave where there is no displacement |
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| a point on a standing wave at which maximum displacement occurs |
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| a wave that remains stationary due to interference between waves traveling in opposite directions |
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| The lowest frequency of a given object at which a standing wave can be achieved |
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| any frequency above the fundamental frequency at which standing waves can be achieved |
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| any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental |
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