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That is the mean amplitude of the wave.

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Q: What is the half perpendicular distance from the top of the crest to the bottom of the trough?
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Bottom of a wave is called a?

The lowest point of a wave is known as the trough


Is the wavelength the distance from the crest to trough?

The peak-to-peak amplitude is the distance from the trough to the crest. The wavelength is the distance from one crest to the next crest.


The distance from crest to crest or trough to trough?

Is the wave length


What is the distance from the crest to crest or from trough to trough called?

wavelength


What is wavelength in scince?

The distance from a crest to a crest or a trough to a trough in a wave.


What part of a wave is the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough?

Wavelength


What is a trough and a crest?

it has to do with waves. trough- is the bottom of the wave crest- is the top of the wave


Is wavelength the distance between two crests or troughs of waves?

No, the distance from one wave crest to the next is notcalled a trough. That distance is called a wavelength. A trough is the lowest point of a wave.


What is the distance between the crest and trough of a walled called?

Distance between a trough and crest in a wave is half wavelength


What is vertical distance between a trough and a crest?

The distance between the crest and trough of a wave is the peak-to-peak amplitude of the wave.


What is the similarities between crest and trough?

They are both part of a wave. The crest is at the top, and the trough is at the bottom.


What is the measurement of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough called?

The wavelength of a wave is the distance between two identical parts of a wave in successive periods (crest to crest, trough to trough, etc.).