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Usually, no. The wavelength of visible light is usually measured in nanometers. Only larger forms of electromagnetic radiation, like radio waves, are measured in meters.
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∙ 12y agoUsually, no. The wavelength of visible light is usually measured in nanometers. Only larger forms of electromagnetic radiation, like radio waves, are measured in meters.
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∙ 13y agoWavelength is measured in units of distance: mm, cm, m, nano meters, micro meters, etc.
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A scientist measured the wavelength of an X-ray as 0.0000000065 meters.
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What units is wavelength measured in usually?
Answer - meters or derivations of meters e.g micrometers, nanometers etc
. is the distance from one crest to the next crest or one trough to the next trough?
When observing a wave, the distance between the highest point in the waveform to the next peak would be the wavelength and it's equal to the rate that the wave is moving (in meters-per-second: m/sec) multiplied by the frequency of the waves (in Hertz: Hz "occurrences per second"). The answer would be in meters per occurrence, meaning how many meters are there from crest to crest.
What does the number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second measured in hertz mean?
Some Definitions 1 hertz is one repetition of a sine wave from 0 to maximum positive amplitude back through zero to maximum negative amplitude and back to zero, ie alternating current or a radio wave Frequency is defined as the number of hertz ie repetitions of the cycle (hertz) in one second Wavelength is the distance from end to end of one hertz/cycle these properties are related and are expressed by the following equation velocity = frequency times wavelength the number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second if expressed in hertz would be the frequency
What unit is work measured in si hertz?
The hertz is a unit of frequency, which is defined as the number of cycles per second.
What unit would you get if you divide meters per second by meters?
The meters cancel, so you get "per second", or "1/second". That unit has the special name hertz. It is a unit of frequency.
What units is wavelength measured in usually?
Answer - meters or derivations of meters e.g micrometers, nanometers etc
What is the wavelength of 60 hertz?
60Hz has a wavelength of 5000 meters.
What two variables are needed to calculate the speed of sound?
Distance-wavelength lambda (λ) is measured in meters (m)Time- frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz)
What are the metric units for wavelength frequency?
Wavelength is a length. Hence, the metric unit for it is "meter". Frequency is a reciprocal of time. Hence, the unit for it is "per second", named "Hertz".
What is visible light measured in?
Just like any other wave phenomenon, its frequency is measured in large multiples of Hertz (Hz), its wavelength is measured in small fractions of a meter (m), and its speed is measured in meters/second .
If blue light has a frequency of 6.98 10 14 hertz what is the wavelength in nanometers?
Just divide the speed of light (in meters/second) by the frequency (in hertz) - that will give you the wavelength (in meters). You can then convert that to nm.
What unit do you get when you multiply hertz by meters?
You get a speed. If the 'Hertz' is the frequency of a particular wave, and the 'meters' is the wavelength of the same wave, then their product is the speed of that wave.
What do you mean by using the word wavelength?
The word "wavelength" refers to the frequency of a wave. Wavelength is measured in hertz; the number of vibrations per second.
What is the speed of a wave if its wavelength is 0.02meters its frequencyis 400hz?
If you multiply the wavelength (in meters) and the frequency (in Hertz), you will get the speed of the wave (in meters per second).
What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 250 hertz and a length of 1.3 meters?
The equation to use in this case is:speed (of the wave) = wavelength x frequency If the frequency is in hertz, and the wavelength is in meters, the speed will be in meters/second.
A wave has a wavelength of 2mm and a frequency of 3Hz At what speed does the wave travel?
the formula for wave velocity/speed is: velocity= wavelength * wave frequencyvelocity is measured in meters/second (m/s), wavelength is measured in meters(m), and wave frequency is measured in hertz(hz).your wavelength is in millimeters, so convert it to meters and you get .002 meters.now, fill[replace] in the numbers you know for the variables in the formula.velocity(m/s)= .002(m) * 3(hz) do the multiplication and you get .006 the speed is .006 meters/second(m/s)you're welcome! :)
What is the speed when wavelength equals 27 meters and frequency equals 97 hertz?
Just multiply the wavelength (in meters) with the frequency (in Hertz) to get the speed (in m/s).
