Wave Characteristics

Amplitude

• The height of a wave from the origin to the crest or trough

• The highest part of a wave

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time. 

• The material through which the wave travels

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Crest

• The highest part of a wave

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time.

• The material through which the wave travels

• A vibration or back-and-forth motion

Frequency

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time.

• The material through which the wave travels

• A vibration or back-and-forth motion

• The lowest part of a wave

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Medium

• The material through which the wave travels

• A vibration or back-and-forth motion

• The lowest part of a wave

• A space completely devoid of matter

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Oscillation

• A vibration or back-and-forth motion

• The lowest part of a wave

• A space completely devoid of matter

• The rate of change of position of an object moving in a specific direction

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Trough

• The lowest part of a wave

• A space completely devoid of matter

• The rate of change of position of an object moving in a specific direction

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers energy progressively from point to point without the field or particles any net movement themselves.

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Vacuum

• A space completely devoid of matter

• The rate of change of position of an object moving in a specific direction

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers energy progressively from point to point without the field or particles any net movement themselves.

• The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.

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Velocity

• The rate of change of position of an object moving in a specific direction

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers energy progressively from point to point without the field or particles any net movement themselves.

• The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.

• The height of a wave from the origin to the crest or trough

Wave

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers energy progressively from point to point without the field or particles any net movement themselves.

• The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.

• The height of a wave from the origin to the crest or trough

• The highest part of a wave

Tags

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Wavelength

• The distance between two adjacent crests or troughs of a wave.

• The height of a wave from the origin to the crest or trough

• The highest part of a wave

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time.

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