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What is meant by a wavefront? 1. Plane wavefronts
Lines joining all the points of
the same phase are called
wavefronts.
2. Circular wavefronts
The wavefronts of a transverse
wave and longitudinal wave are
perpendicular to the direction
of propagation of the waves.
Describing Waves Amplitude (a)
The maximum displacement from its equilibrium
Vibration/Oscillation position.
The movement from Amplitude relates to loudness in sound and
one extreme position to brightness in light. SI unit: meter, m
the other and back to
the same position.
Wavelength (λ)
The distance between two adjacent points of the
same phase on a wave.
The distance between The distance between
two successive crests two successive
or two successive compressions or two
troughs successive rarefactions
in a sound wave.
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