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    This document defines key terms related to waves, including that a wave is an energy disturbance that transfers through matter or empty space, and describes characteristics such as amplitude, wavelength, longitudinal and transverse waves, compression and rarefaction of particles, and that waves require a medium such as a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through. It also defines vibration, troughs and crests of transverse waves, and frequency.

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    This document defines key terms related to waves, including that a wave is an energy disturbance that transfers through matter or empty space, and describes characteristics such as amplitude, wavelength, longitudinal and transverse waves, compression and rarefaction of particles, and that waves require a medium such as a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through. It also defines vibration, troughs and crests of transverse waves, and frequency.

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    Waves (set 1)

    Wave: any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or empty


    space

    Vibration: to vibrate, or move particles up and down or side to side


    repeatedly

    Amplitude: the maximum distance wave particles vibrate from their resting
    position (the height of the wave)

    Trough: the lowest point on a transverse wave

    Crest: the highest point on a transverse wave

    Wavelength: the distance between any two crests or compressions next to


    each other in a wave

    Longitudinal: when particles vibrate back and forth along the path that the
    waves move

    Transverse: waves in which the particles vibrate in an up and down motion

    Rarefaction: when the particles of a longitudinal wave are spread out

    Compression: when the particles of a longitudinal wave are crowded


    together

    Medium: a substance through which a wave can travel (solid, liquid or gas)

    Frequency: the number of waves produced in a given amount of time

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