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| wave | A disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space. |
| medium | a substance through which a wave can travel. |
| transverse wave | A wave in which the particles of the wave's medium vibrate perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling. |
| longitudinal wave | A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the path that the wave travels. |
| amplitude | The maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position. |
| wavelength | The distance between one point on a wave and the corresponding point on an adjacent wave in a series of waves. |
| frequency | The number of waves produced in a given amount of time. |
| wave speed | The speed at which a wave travels. |
| reflection | The bouncing back of a wave after it strikes a barrier or an object. |
| refraction | The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another. |
| diffraction | The bending of waves around a barrier or through an opening. |
| interference | A wave interaction that occurs when two or more waves overlap. |
| standing wave | A wave that forms a stationary pattern in which portions of the wave do not move and other portions move with a large amplitude. |
| resonance | What occurs when an object vibrating at or near a resonant frequency of a second object causes the second object to vibrate. |
