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The wavelength refers to the distance between peaks of something that is periodic - such as sound. It is also the distance between the valleys or nulls. Low frequency waves like sound, are very long (fractions of an inch up to yards) compared to visible light which is has wavelengths in billionths of a meter. The length is determined by how fast the waves travel away from the source (velocity) divided by how fast the waves oscillate as you observe them passing a given point (the frequency in cycles per second). Using the low end of the FM radio band as an example, you have waves which travel in air at roughly light speed (~300 million meters per second) divided by 88 million cycles per second,or MegaHertz (MHz), which gives a wavelength of 3.4 meters. For a given velocity, the higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength is.
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Distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next?
That is the same as the wavelength, or the definition of a wavelength.
What of a sound wave is the distance between a compression or rarefaction and the next compression or rarefaction?
It is equal to wavelength.
What is the definition pitch?
Pitch is how soft or hard (high or low) the frequency of a wavelength is. Thanks for using Answers!
Which property of waves is the distance between one point on a wave and that same point on the wave next to it?
That distance is a definition, not a wave property. It's defined as the "wavelength".
Which property of waves is the distance between one point on a wave and that same point on wave next to it?
That distance is a definition, not a wave property. It's defined as the "wavelength".
Distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next?
That is the same as the wavelength, or the definition of a wavelength.
What of a sound wave is the distance between a compression or rarefaction and the next compression or rarefaction?
It is equal to wavelength.
How many cycles are there in one wavelangth?
A wavelength by definition is the amplitude of motion over one cycle
What is the definition pitch?
Pitch is how soft or hard (high or low) the frequency of a wavelength is. Thanks for using Answers!
What is the definition of Pitch?
Pitch is how soft or hard (high or low) the frequency of a wavelength is. Thanks for using Answers!
What is the definition of meter wave?
I don't think that there is a wave with that name; it might refer to a wave that has a wavelength of approximately a meter.
What is the definition of wavelenghth?
In physics, the wavelength of a sinusoidal wave is the spatial period of the wave-the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
What is definition for speed and acceleration formulas?
There are different types of speed formulas: Speed= Wavelength(frequency) or Speed= Distance/Time
What happens to the speed of the waves if the frequency of the wave source is halved?
The wavelength of a wave would double if the frequency was cut in half. Wavelength=c/frequency where c equals the speed of light.
What is the definition of wavelength in units?
the distance between two consecutive compressions or rarefactions of a light wave is called its wavelength.
What type of frequency and wavelength does radio waves have?
One convenient working definition of 'radio' is: Electromagnetic radiation withfrequency up to 300 GHz / wavelength down to 1 millimeter.'Radio' is our name for the lowest frequency / longest wavelength, so there'sno lower limit on frequency, or upper limit on wavelength.
What is means by propagation constant definition?
It's a scientific term (mathematical) used to describe wave propagation. It is equal to 2π (2xPi) divided by the wavelength
