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Electromagnetic waves
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a wavepacket or photon consisting of transverse electric and magnetic waves in phase and at right angles to each other
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Longitudinal waves
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waves with a direction of vibration parallel to the direction of propagation of the waves
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Transverse waves |
waves with a direction of vibration perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the waves |
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Plane-polarised waves
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Transverse waves that vibrate in one plane only
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