https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3 Made with a little mischief en-us 2017-11-02 18:11:54 UTC 2025-11-16 10:40:55 UTC hello@padlet.com 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203057091 A periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance that may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound.]]> 2017-11-02 18:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203057091 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203059974 The spatial period of the wave - the distance over which the wave's shape repeats, and thus the inverse of the spatial frequency]]> 2017-11-02 18:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203059974 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203062005 The maximum extent of a vibration or oscillation, measured from the position of equilibrium. ]]> 2017-11-02 18:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203062005 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203063282 The rate at which a vibration occurs that constitutes a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light), usually measured per second.]]> 2017-11-02 18:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203063282 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203065848 Related to wavelength, frequency and period by the equation wave speed = frequency x wavelength.
The most commonly used wave speed is the speed of visible light, an electromagnetic wave.]]> 2017-11-02 18:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203065848 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203068327 A wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium such as air. ]]> 2017-11-02 18:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203068327 309884 https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203069877 The range of wavelengths of frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation extends]]> 2017-11-02 18:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/309884/98f6rzu5f6w3/wish/203069877