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What is crest wave?
The crest of a wave is its highest point, as opposed to the trough of a wave, which is its lowest point.
What is the name given to the lowest point of a wave?
it is called crest
What is the crest and trough in a wave?
crest is at the top of the "hill" in the wave and trough is at the bottom, the lowest point in the middlewhere the wave goes up on both sides
The lowest point between each crest of a wave?
is called the trough http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/wavediagram.gif
What is the difference between a crest and a trough?
If you are referring to a sine wave, a crest is the point on a wave with the maximum value or upward displacement within a cycle. A trough is the opposite of a crest, so it is the minimum or lowest point in a cycle. See Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crest_trough.svg
What is crest wave?
The crest of a wave is its highest point, as opposed to the trough of a wave, which is its lowest point.
What is the Difference between the crest and trough?
wave height. -- The highest point of a wave is known as its crest while the trough is the lowest point of the wave. Wavelength is the horizontal distance between successive crests or troughs. by: Claire O.
Is amplitude measured from crest to crest?
Nope, Amplitude is the distance between the center line of a wave and the highest or lowest point.
What is the lowest point of a wave called?
The lowest point of a wave is called a trough.
What is the vertical distance between the highest and lowest point of a wave?
It is entirely dependent on the size of the wave !! Crest and trough
How do you measure the wavelength of a transverse?
You can measure it from crest to crest (highest point of a wave), trough to trough (lowest point of a wave), or from normal to normal.
What is the name given to the lowest point of wave?
it is called crest
What is the name given to the lowest point of a wave?
it is called crest
What is the bottom of a wave and a top of a wave called?
The highest point of a wave is called a crest and the lowest point is called a trough.
What is a six letter word for hollow between waves?
Trough. The crest is the highest point of the wave while the trough is the lowest point.
What is the crest and trough in a wave?
crest is at the top of the "hill" in the wave and trough is at the bottom, the lowest point in the middlewhere the wave goes up on both sides
What is the distance between to point of the crest of a wave it is called what?
In a wave, it is called the wave length.
