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Q: What is the stretched out part of a wave called?
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What is it called when a sound wave is stretched out?

A stretched-out area of a wave is called a rarefaction.


What are the highest and lowest part of a wave called?

The highest part of the wave is called the crest. The lowest part of the is called the trough or valley which is between two waves.


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When the particles of a wave are far apart what is the part of the wave called?

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What are the stretched areas of a longitudinal wave?

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What is a rarefraction in a wave?

The point on a longitudinal wave where the particles of a medium are stretched apart.


What is a kind off wave produced in stretched string?

the wave produced in a stretched string will be a standing wave .it will have a node and antinode.node means point with zero displacement and antinode means point with maximum displacement


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What is the white part of a wave called?

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What is the part of the longitudinal wave where the particles are close together called?

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.


The hightest part of a wave is called its 'length' or 'trough'?

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The higher pressure part of a sound wave is called?

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