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  • Frequency = cycles/second
  • Wavelength = distance/cycle
  • Frequency * Wavelength = cycles/second * distance/cycle = distance/second = speed of propagation of that type of wave
For electrometric radiation in a vacuum this will be a constant across the entire spectrum, but not when the radiation is in a material medium.

For other types of waves this may be constant or vary in complex ways across the spectrum.

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