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Definitions

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Longitudinal

Transverse

Amplitude

Wavelength

Frequency

Compression

Rarefaction

Oscillation

What are waves and where are they found?

Waves

Describing waves

The wave equation

What are they?

What are waves?

two types of wave

A wave is a

Transverse

Longitudinal

Waves are moving disturbances in a medium.

They transfer energy but not matter.