wavelength
amplitude the distance between identical points
(adjacent crests) in the adjacent cycles
is a measurement of the amount of of a waveform signal propagated in
energy transferred by a wave. space or along a wire.
Wavelength
amplitude speed
is the distance a wave travels in a given amount
frequency of time, such as the number of meters it travels
per second. Wave speed is related to wavelength
and wave frequency by the equation: Speed =
the number of waves that pass a
Wavelength x Frequency. This equation can be
point in a certain period of time. used to calculate wave speed when wavelength
Frequency can also be described as and frequency are known.
the number of waves that pass a
point in one second. phase
1 2
is the value representing a fraction of
Wave
a wave cycle.
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period
The time it takes for two successive
crests (one wavelength) to pass a
specified point. The wave period is
often referenced in seconds, (e.g. one
wave every 6 seconds).
What is wave? Anatomy of the
is a disturbance in a medium that wave
carries energy without a net The highest part of the wave is called
movement of particles. the crest. The lowest part is called the
trough. Wave height is the overall Electromagnetic speed
vertical change in height between crest electromagnetic radiation consists of waves of
It may take the form of elastic and trough. The distance between two the electromagnetic field, which propagate
successive crests (or troughs) is the
deformation, a variation of length of the wave, or wavelength.
through space and carry momentum and
electromagnetic radiant energy
pressure, electric or magnetic
Amplitude
intensity, electric potential, or Crest Wavelength
temperature.
Trough
Mirowave
X-ray
Wave speed Properties of the
is the distance a wave travels in wave
What is medium? a given amount of time,
There are many properties that
A medium is defined as the substance that scientists use to describe waves.
transfers the energy, or light from one Different types of wave They include amplitude, frequency,
substance to another substance or from
one place to another, or from one surface Longitudinal Wave period, wavelength, speed, and phase.
to another. waves where the particle motion is in the
same direction in which the wave is
The medium propagating. The oscillations in pressure are
acts as a sinusoidal in nature and are characterised by
carrier here. their frequency, amplitude and wavelength
The medium
can transfer
Surface Wave
: has characteristics of both longitudinal and
any form of
transverse waves
energy, sound particles move in a direction that is both
wave, light, parallel and perpendicular to the direction of
and heat. wave motion
