That sounds like the description of a wave.
A wave.
Radio wave
Any disturbance that transmits energy is known as a wave. This is any type of disturbance that will pass energy through empty space or matter.
Heat energy is normally transmitted through solids by conduction.
A wave
A wave.
Radio wave
Radio wave
Any disturbance that transmits energy is known as a wave. This is any type of disturbance that will pass energy through empty space or matter.
Heat energy is normally transmitted through solids by conduction.
A wave
wave
That's called a wave.
Energy transmitted through a tight coil of wire
Through the atmosphere rather than by the atmosphere, then that would be electromagnetic energy.
electromagnetic energy
The matter making up the medium does not move along with the wave