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16 Cards in this Set
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two basic type of wave motion
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longitudinal waves and transverse waves
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displacement of the medium is parallel to the propagation of the wave
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longitudinal waves
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displacement of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave
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transverse waves
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represent a disturbance in space in time for the magnitude to the field
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wave function
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a wave with a sinusoid
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progressive harmonic waves... periodic waves smooth pulses
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number of units of length per wave
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spatial period also known as wavelength
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spatial verses temporal wave
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special k factor and a wave number temporal quantities angular frequency and the frequency
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wave have a single constant frequency
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mono chromatic
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waves compromise a band of frequencies and when the band is narrow
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quaismonochromatic
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2 separate ways arrive at the same place in space where in the overlap
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super position principle
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what is use expensive me in the classicalbmechanic and quantum mechanics as well as an optics
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complex exponential
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simplest example of a 3d waves
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plane wave
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what type of wave is an example a 3 d ways
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plane wave
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a plane waves contours of maximum field called what
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wavefront or phase fronts
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at any given time the surfaces joining all points of equal phase known as
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wavefront
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what wave is independent of theta and phi
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spherically symmetrical waves
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