What type of wave can't travel through a vacuum?

Answer 1

An electromagnetic wave can travel thorugh a vacuum. The electromagnetic wave can take the form of a radio wave, light, X-rays or gamma rays. This is a contrast to the mechanical waves we know, like waves on water, sound, and seismic waves, to name some.
Mechanical waves.
Electromagnetic waves.

Answer 2

Accuracy and precision From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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In the fields of science, engineering, industry and statistics, the accuracy[1] of a measurement system is the degree of closeness of measurements of a quantity to that quantity's actual (true)value. The precision[1] of a measurement system, also called reproducibility or repeatability, is the degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the sameresults.[2] Although the two words reproducibility and repeatability can be synonymous in colloquial use, they are deliberately contrasted in the context of the scientific method.

Accuracy indicates proximity of measurement results to the true value, precision to the repeatability or reproducibility of the measurement

A measurement system can be accurate but not precise, precise but not accurate, neither, or both. For example, if an experimentcontains a systematic error, then increasing the sample size generally increases precision but does not improve accuracy. The result would be a consistent yet inaccurate string of results from the flawed experiment. Eliminating the systematic error improves accuracy but does not change precision.

A measurement system is designated valid if it is both accurate and precise. Related terms include bias (non-random or directed effects caused by a factor or factors unrelated to the independent variable) and error(random variability).

The terminology is also applied to indirect measurements-that is, values obtained by a computational procedure from observed data.

In addition to accuracy and precision, measurements may also have a measurement resolution, which is the smallest change in the underlying physical quantity that produces a response in the measurement.

In the case of full reproducibility, such as when rounding a number to a representable floating point number, the word precision has a meaning not related to reproducibility. For example, in the IEEE 754-2008 standard it means the number of bits in the significand, so it is used as a measure for the relative accuracy with which an arbitrary number can be represented.

Contents[hide]

• 1 Accuracy versus precision: the target analogy
• 2 Quantification
• 3 In binary classification
• 4 In psychometrics and psychophysics
• 5 In logic simulation
• 6 In information systems
• 7 See also
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Answer 3

Light, microwaves radar, heat radiation and all other electromagnetic waves cans are waves that can move through a vacuum because light does not need a medium to travel through. Recently gravity waves have been detected, the transmission to Earth required that they pass through the vacuum o space.

Answer 4

Waves like sound waves require a medium (Matter... Ex. air or water) To travel through. Light waves, gravity waves, x-rays, heat, and radio waves are all EM (electromagnetic) waves, and can in a vacuum.

Answer 5

Mechanical waves cannot travel through a vacuum because they rely on a medium, such as air or water, to propagate. Electromagnetic waves, on the other hand, can travel through a vacuum because they do not require a medium for propagation.

Answer 6

Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.

Answer 7

Electromagnetic waves.

Answer 8

Electromagnetic waves.

Answer 9

electromagnet wave