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What is the displacement of a wave?
distance and direction from its equilibrium position
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What is the amplitude of a wave?
Maximum displacement of a vibrating particle
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What is the wavelength of a wave?
Least distance between 2 adjacent vibrating particles with the same displacement and velocity at the same time
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What is the period of a wave?
The time for one complete wave
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What is the frequency of a wave?
Number of complete waves passing a point per second
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What is a longitudinal wave?
Direction of vibration parallel to the direction of prorogation of the waves
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What is a transverse wave?
Waves with a direction of vibration perpendicular to direction of propaganda of the waves
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