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| 659931778 | Amplitude | The distance from the midpoint to the maximum (crest) of a wave. | |
| 659931780 | Antinodes | The positions on a standing wave where the largest amplitudes occur. | |
| 659931782 | Blue shift | An increase in the measured frequency of light from an approaching source | |
| 659931784 | Bow wave | the V-shaped wave produced by an object moving on a liquid surface faster than the wave speed. | |
| 659931786 | Constructive interference | Addition of two or more waves when wave crests overlap to produce a resulting wave increased amplitude. | |
| 659931787 | Crest | One of the places in a wave where the wave is highest or the disturbance is greatest. | |
| 659931789 | Destructive interference | Combination of waves where crests of one wave overlap troughs of another, resulting in a wave of decreased amplitude. | |
| 659931791 | Doppler effect | The change in frequency of a wave due to the motion of the source or of the receiver. | |
| 659931792 | Frequency | The number of events per time; measured in hertz. | |
| 659931794 | Hertz | The SI unit of frequency. | |
| 659931796 | In Phase | Term applied to two or more waves whose crests and troughs arrive at a place at the same time, so that their effects reinforce each other. | |
| 659931797 | Interference Pattern | A pattern formed by the overlapping of two or more waves that arrive in a region at the same time. | |
| 659931799 | Longitudinal Wave | A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling, rather than at right angles to it. | |
| 659931801 | Node | Any part of a standing wave that remains stationary. | |
| 659931803 | Out of Phase | Term applied to two waves for which the crest of one wave arrives at a point at the same time that a trough of the second wave arrives. Their effects cancel each other | |
| 659931805 | Period | The time required for a pendulum to make one to-and-fro swing | |
| 659931807 | Red Shift | A decrease in the measured frequency of light (or other radiation) from a receding source | |
| 659931809 | Shock Wave | A cone-shaped wave produced by an object moving at a supersonic speed through a fluid. | |
| 659931811 | Simple Harmonic Motion | Periodic motion in which acceleration is proportional to the distance from an equilibrium position and is directed toward that equilibrium position. | |
| 659931812 | Sine Curve | A curve whose shape represents the crests and troughs of a wave, as traced out by a swinging pendulum that drops a trail of sand over a moving conveyor belt. | |
| 659931813 | Sonic Boom | The sharp crack heard when the shock wave that sweeps behind a supersonic aircraft reaches the listener. | |
| 659931814 | Standing Wave | Wave in which parts of the wave remain stationary and the wave appears not to be traveling. | |
| 659931815 | Transverse Wave | A wave with vibration at right angles to the direction the wave is traveling | |
| 659931816 | Trough | One of the places in a wave where the wave is lowest, or the disturbance is greatest, in the opposite direction of the crest. | |
| 659931817 | Vibration | An oscillation, or repeating back and forth motion about an equilibrium position. | |
| 659931818 | Wave | A "wiggle" in space and time. | |
| 659931819 | Wavelength | The distance from the top of a crest of a wave to the top of the following crest. |
