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A mechanical wave travels through matter.A mechanical wave travels through matter.A mechanical wave travels through matter.A mechanical wave travels through matter.
That is a longitudinal wave.
Energy in the form of vibrations that travels through matter is called a wave.
The material through which a wave travels is called the medium.
The material through which a wave travels is called a medium.
When a compression wave travels through a medium, the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave. Compression waves are commonly called longitudinal waves.
When a compressional wave travels it needs a medium, matter moves back and forth along the same direction as the wave travels.
In a transverse wave traveling through matter, the matter moves transverse to (perpendicular to) the direction of motion of the wave itself.
That is called a transverse wave.That is called a transverse wave.That is called a transverse wave.That is called a transverse wave.
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.
The medium would be a suitable term.
The general term for what a wave travels through is a medium, but in the case of earthquakes the wave travels through the ground.
Matter through which a wave travels is named as material medium. Example air is a material medium needed for sound waves to pass through
longitudinal wave. Example: Sound wave
Sound travels through matter as transverse pressure waves.
The Speed At Which Wave Travels Is Known As Wave Velocity.It Is Denoted As 'v' which Equals The Product Of Its Frequency And Wavelength.
Sound waves can travel through any material, but not through a VACUUM. You may be thinking of the term "MEDIUM", which is often used GENERICALLY to signify what a 'Wave" is traveling through. -------------------------------------------------- The material is called "matter".
Longitudinally. (In the same direction as the wave propagation.)
Backwards and forwards in the direction of propagation of the wave.
A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.
A wave may only travel through matter of some kind. 'Sound must have a medium in which to travel'. There is no matter in space, and so sound cannot be heard. (Sound is a wave)
The speed at which a wave passes through water or other medium is called phase velocity.
This is a longitudinal wave or a P-wave (primary wave), called so because it travels faster than a transverse wave, which moves at right angles to the direction the wave travels.
A tsunami wave is a wave of energy that travels through water, while a seismic wave is a wave of energy that travels through earth.
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