waves keywords 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PhysicsWavesASOCR Created by: DaniCreated on: 28-05-13 21:32 a wave that travels from 1 place to another progressive wave 1 of 18 a wave where the oscillations are parallel to the direction of wave propagation e.g. sound longitudinal wave 2 of 18 a wave where the oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation transverse wave 3 of 18 the distance traveled in a particular direction displacement 4 of 18 the maximum displacement of a wave from its mean position amplitude 5 of 18 the smallest distance between 1 point on a wave and the identical point on the next wave wavelength 6 of 18 the time taken for one complete pattern of oscillation period 7 of 18 the number of oscillations per unit time frequency 8 of 18 when waves rebound from a barrier, changing direction but remaining in the same medium reflection 9 of 18 when waves change direction when they travel from 1 medium to another due to a difference in the wave speed in each medium refraction 10 of 18 when a wave spreads out after passing around an obstacle or through a gap diffraction 11 of 18 a transverse wave oscillating only in one plane Plane polarised waves 12 of 18 the addition of two or more waves superposition that results in a new ave pattern interference 13 of 18 two waves with a constant phase relationship coherence 14 of 18 a point that always had zero amplitude along a stationary wave caused by destructive interference nodes 15 of 18 a point of maximum amplitude along a stationary wave caused by constructive interference antinodes 16 of 18 whole number multiples of the fundamental frequency of a stationary wave harmonics 17 of 18 the difference by which one wave leads or lags behind another phase difference 18 of 18
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