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What is a wave called whos oscillations are perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels?
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Medium vibrates in the same direction as the wave travels?
That is called a longitudinal wave.
When a transverse wave travels through a medium which way does matter in the medium move?
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.
What type of wave has movement that is parallel to the direction of the wave?
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.
What is it called when light waves traveling in one direction are made to travel in many different directions?
Light travels in the direction it was emitted. Light cannot steer itself towards any particular object.
What kind of wave is a wave in which the matter in the wave moves in the same direction as the wave?
waves in which matter in the medium moves on the same direction as the wave are called?
What is the wave motion in which particles vibrate back and forth in the same direction as the wave travels called?
Longitudinal wave. (as opposed to Transverse waves, where the vibrations are perpendicular to the direction of movement.)
Does matter in the medium moves perpendicular to a transverse wave?
A wave where the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave is called a transverse wave. Its highest point is called the crest.
Medium vibrates in the same direction as the wave travels?
That is called a longitudinal wave.
What is it called when electromagnetic energy travels from air to water?
If you mean the change of direction, that's called refraction.
What is radial direction?
the direction of OP is call radial direction of the moving point p while the direction of OQ which is perpendicular to OP in the sense of (theta)angle is called transverse direction of the moving point P.
When a transverse wave travels through a medium which way does matter in the medium move?
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.
What is Plane light?
A polarized light vibrating in a single plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation is called plane polarised light.
What is Reverse acting controller?
When actuator travels in the direction of air supplied, then the actuator is called direct acting actuator.
Is the distance an object travels in one unit of time called acceleration?
No, the distance an object travels in unit time is called speed. The distance travelled per unit time in a specified direction is called velocity. The rate of change of velocity is called acceleration.
What type of wave has movement that is parallel to the direction of the wave?
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.
What is it called when light waves traveling in one direction are made to travel in many different directions?
Light travels in the direction it was emitted. Light cannot steer itself towards any particular object.
What kind of wave is a wave in which the matter in the wave moves in the same direction as the wave?
waves in which matter in the medium moves on the same direction as the wave are called?
