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No, the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave is the wavelength, not the amplitude. Amplitude is the height of the wave.

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What is the distance between a wave's mid-point and crest?

The distance between a wave's midpoint and crest is called the amplitude. It represents the maximum displacement of a point on the wave from its resting position. The larger the amplitude, the more energy the wave carries.


What is the distance from the equilibrium point to the crest or trough?

The distance from the equilibrium point to the crest (or trough) of a wave is called the amplitude. It represents the maximum displacement of a point on the wave from the equilibrium position. The larger the amplitude, the more energy the wave carries.


What is the vertical distance between a crest and a trough?

The vertical distance between a crest and a trough of a wave is the amplitude of the wave, which represents the maximum displacement of the wave from its equilibrium position. It is measured from the midpoint between the crest and trough to the highest point of the crest or the lowest point of the trough.


What part of the wave is half the distance between the crest and the trough?

The half the distance between the crest and the trough is the midpoint of the wave, known as the equilibrium position or the rest position. This is where the wave is at its average height and no displacement from the wave's position occurs.


What is wavelengh?

Wavelength is the distance between two consecutive points of a wave that are in phase, such as peak to peak or trough to trough. It is often used to describe the length of electromagnetic waves, sound waves, and water waves. Wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency, meaning shorter wavelengths correspond to higher frequencies.

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The amplitude of the pendulum?

The amplitude of a pendulum is the distance between its equilibrium point and the farthest point that it reaches during each oscillation.


What is the distance between a point a point on one wave the identical point on the the next?

The period.


Is amplitude measured from crest to crest?

Nope, Amplitude is the distance between the center line of a wave and the highest or lowest point.


Distance between a point on one wave and identical point on the next wave?

wavelength


What is node and antinode?

Node is the point on the vibrating string with zero amplitude and antinode is the point where amplitude is the maximum. The distance between successive node will be half of the wavelength.


What is the distance between a point on a wave and the identical on the next wave?

wavelength


What is the distance between a wave's mid-point and crest?

The distance between a wave's midpoint and crest is called the amplitude. It represents the maximum displacement of a point on the wave from its resting position. The larger the amplitude, the more energy the wave carries.


What is the distance from the equilibrium point to the crest or trough?

The distance from the equilibrium point to the crest (or trough) of a wave is called the amplitude. It represents the maximum displacement of a point on the wave from the equilibrium position. The larger the amplitude, the more energy the wave carries.


What is the vertical distance between a crest and a trough?

The vertical distance between a crest and a trough of a wave is the amplitude of the wave, which represents the maximum displacement of the wave from its equilibrium position. It is measured from the midpoint between the crest and trough to the highest point of the crest or the lowest point of the trough.


What is the maximum distance from the resting point of a wave?

Amplitude


Does the amplitude of a sine function describe the distance between the highest and lowest values of the function?

The amplitude of a sine function describes the distance from the midline of the wave to its highest or lowest point, not the total distance between the highest and lowest values. Specifically, it is half the distance between the maximum and minimum values of the function. For a sine function, the amplitude is calculated as the absolute value of the coefficient in front of the sine term.


What part of the wave is half the distance between the crest and the trough?

The half the distance between the crest and the trough is the midpoint of the wave, known as the equilibrium position or the rest position. This is where the wave is at its average height and no displacement from the wave's position occurs.