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Vibration/Oscillation Amplitude (a)
The movement from one
extreme position to the other The maximum
and back to the same displacement from its
position equilibrium position.
Amplitude relates to
loudness in sound and
Waves brightness in light.
SI unit: meter, m
Wavelength (λ)
The distance between two adjacent points of
the same phase on a wave.
λ λ
λ λ
The distance between two successive The distance between two successive
crests or two successive troughs compressions or two successive
rarefactions in a sound wave. 12
