Mechanical Wave Interactions

The bouncing of a wave off a surface

• transmission

• reflection

• absorption

The passage of a wave through a medium

• transmission

• reflection

• absorption

The transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels.

• transmission

• reflection

• absorption

The change in the direction of a wave when it travels by the edge of an object or through an opening

• transmision

• reflection

• diffraction

An example of reflection

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