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| a disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space |
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| the matter through which a wave travels |
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| a wave that requires a medium through which to travel |
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| a wave caused by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields and that does not require a medium; also called a light wave |
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a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate perpendicularly to the direction the wave travels |
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| a wave that causes the particles of the medium to vibrate parallel to the direction the wave travels |
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| the highest point of a transverse wave |
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| the lowest point of a transverse wave |
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| the greatest distance that particles in a medium move from their normal position when a wave passes |
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| the distance between any two successive identical parts of a wave |
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the time required for one full wavelength to pass a certain point |
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the number of vibrations that occur in a 1 s time interval |
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| an observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving |
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the bouncing back of a wave as it meets a surface or boundary |
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| the bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening |
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| the bending of waves as the pass from one medium to another |
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| the combination of two or more waves that exist in the same place at the same time |
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| constructive interference |
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| any interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is bigger than the original waves |
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| any interference in which waves combine so that the resulting wave is smaller than the largest of the original waves |
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| a wave form caused by interference that appears not to move along the medium and that shows some regions of no vibration (nodes) and other regions of maximum vibration (antinodes) |
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