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| Wave | A distrubance that transfers energy from place to place |
| Mechanical wave | A wave tht requires a medium through which to travel |
| transverse wave | A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels |
| trough | The lowest part of a transverse wave |
| compression | the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together |
| energy | The ability to do work |
| longitudinal wave | A wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels |
| medium | The material through which a wave travels |
| vibration | A repeated back and forth or up and down vibration |
| crest | The highest part of a transverse wave |
| rarefaction | The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart |
