Waves and Sound Vocabulary Page

By the end of these unit you should know the definition and menaing of the following terms; (copy into your notes and begin to add definitions)

Term
Text Page Reference
Wave

Period

Cycle

Frequency

Transverse Wave

Longitudinal Wave

Wavelength

Crest

Trough

Compression

Rarefaction

Pulse (positive and negative)

Amplitude (peak-default, peak to peak,rms - awareness only)

Rest Position, Neutral or Equilibrium

In Phase

Out of Phase

Oscillating Vibration

Reciprocating Vibration

Natural Frequency of Vibration

Reflection

Diffraction

Refraction

Angle of Incidence

Angle of Reflection

Angle of Refraction

Normal

Constructive Interference

Destructive Interference

Superposition

Mechanical Resonance

Sympathetic Vibration

Standing Wave

Node

Antinode

Hertz

Periodic (Wave)

Partial Reflection

Wave Front

Wave Ray

Resonance

Doppler Effect

Sonic Boom

Sound

Subsonic

Supersonic

Infrasonic

Ultrasonic

Pitch

Sound Intensity

Deci Bell

Beats

Beat Frequency

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