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| The number of complete waves that pass at a given point in a second. |
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| The bending of the path of a wave as a result of a change in wave speed. |
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| The high points of the wave. |
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| Substance through which a wave transfers its energy. |
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| The back and forth motion |
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| The low points of the wave. |
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| When awater wave passes through a small gap. |
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| The reinforcement or cancellation when two or more waves meet. |
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| Waves in which particles of the transmitting medium oscillate at right angles in the direction in which the waves are traveling. |
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| The change in the course of a wave as a result of a collision of an object. |
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| Waves in which particles of the transmitting medium oscillate in the same direction that the wave moves. |
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| A periodic back and forth motion that transmits energy. |
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| The rate at which a wave travels through a certain medium |
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| The maximum distance that the particles are displaced by a wave |
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| The distance from one crest to the next, or from one trough to the next |
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