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Compression is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are crowded together. Rarefaction is the part where the particles are spread apart.
If you mean what are the waves called that spread outwards in circles, those are called capillary waves, or ripples.
compressional waves
Longitudanal or compressional waves
I believe you are referring to rarefaction. The "trough" of a compression / rarefaction wave is called rarefaction.
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Compression is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are crowded together. Rarefaction is the part where the particles are spread apart.
An area of crowded particles followed by widely spaced particles is known as a density wave. In a density wave, particles are closely packed together in one region, creating a dense area, and then spread out and become less concentrated in another region, resulting in a sparse area. This pattern repeats periodically, forming a wave-like structure.
particles of the medium
If you mean what are the waves called that spread outwards in circles, those are called capillary waves, or ripples.
Longitudanal or compressional waves
compressional waves
Longitudanal or compressional waves
a slinky spread out and then grab a few coils and release and watch a compressional wave! Another example is a sound wave. the particles compressed together form a compression. The particles more widely spread apart form a rarefaction.slinkySound waveCompressional waves are also called mechanical waves. Examples include the plasma waves or guided waves.
when the particles of the medium are far apart, that part of the wave is called a?