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| A disturbance that propagates through a medium or space |
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| changes in position with respect to time |
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| waves can move over large distances but the medium(rope or water) itself has only a limited movement |
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are not matter, however the wave can travel in matter
-can carry energy from one place to another |
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| a wave that consists of a few disturbances |
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| Periodic Wave or Continous Wave |
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| the motions are repeated at regular intervals |
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| motion in which the accelerations proportional to the displacement from an equilibrium position and is directed toward that position |
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| the distance between any two successive identical points on a wave |
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| is the number of complete cycles per unit of time |
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| is the time for one complete cycle units |
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| is the maximum displacement of a wave as measured from its equilibrium or undisturbed position |
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| a wave in which the vibrations are at right angles to the direction of propagation |
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| a wave in which the vibration are parallel to the direction of propagation of the wave |
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| the propagation of the advancing straight wave is perpendicular to the wave front |
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| the propagation of the advancing circular wave life along radial lines away from the center of disturbance |
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| the return of a wave from the boundary of a medium |
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| the angle between the incident ray and the normal drawn to the point of incidence |
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| the angle between the reflected ray and the normal drawn to the point of incidence |
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| a line drawn in the direction perpendicular to the wavefront |
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| the portions of the medium surface in which particles are in the same motion |
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| the bending of wave disturbances as it passes obliquely from one medium into another |
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| the spreading of a wave disturbance into a region behind an obstruction |
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| the power transferred across a unit area perpendicular to the direction of energy flow |
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| the reduction in the amplitude of a wave due to the dissipation of wave energy |
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| the bottom part of a wave |
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| the series of disturbances in better to which the human ear is sensitive. Also, similar disturbances in matter above and below the normal range of human hearing |
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| the audio range of frequencies |
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| vibrations in matter above 20,000 |
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| vibrations in matter below 20 |
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| the frequency range of sound |
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| combining the displacements of two or more vectorially to produce a resultant displacement |
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| the resultant of two wave trains of the same wavelength, frequency and amplitude |
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| refers to what happens when tow waves pass through the same region of space at the same time |
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| constructive interference |
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| when two standing waves approach each other on the same side of the equilibrium line |
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| when two standing waves approach each other on the opposite side of the equilibrium line |
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| the interference effect resulting from the superposition of two waves of slightly different frequencies |
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| a point of no disturbance in a standing wave |
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| a midpoint of a vibrating segment of a standing wave |
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| the inducing of vibrations of a natural rate by a vibrating source |
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| the lowest frequency of sound produced by an instrument |
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| the fundamental and the tones frequencies are whole number multiples of the fundamentals |
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| the region of a longitudinal wave in the vibrating particles are farther apart than their equilibrium distance |
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| the region of a longitudinal wave in which the distance separating the vibrating particles is less than their equilibrium distance |
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| the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes obliquely from one medium into another, in which the disturbance has a different velocity |
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| the angle between the refracted ray and the normal drawn to the point of refraction |
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| is the characteristic of sound that depends on the frequency that the EATR recieves |
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| the sensation that depends principally on the intensity of sound waves reaching the ear |
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| the property of sounds waves that depends on the number of harmonics and the prominence |
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| when a wave disturbance is reflected at the boundary of a transmitted medium, the angle of indigence is equal to the angle of reflection |
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| the change observed in the frequency with which a wave from a given source reaches an observer when eh source and the observer are in relative motion |
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| compression waves propagate as longitudinal distances |
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| the disturbances consist of compression and rarefaction |
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| these disturbances give rise to elastic forces |
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| the particles of the medium acquire energy from the vibrating source |
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| the wave energy is passed along to adjacent particles |
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| the study of quantitative relationships between heat ad over forms of energy |
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| is that part of the entire universe which we have selected for consideration |
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| everything else in the universe |
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| variables used to define the conditions of the system |
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| no mass may enter or leave |
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| if no energy passes across the boundaries |
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if energy does pass across the boundaries
exothermic, endothermic |
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| energy flows out of the system |
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| energy flows into the system |
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| is the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles of a substance |
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| the internal energy and any energy due to the expansion possibilities of the system |
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| the property that describes the disorder of a system |
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| zeroth law of thermodynamics |
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| two systems individually in thermal equilibrium with a third system are in thermal equilibrium |
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| first law of thermodynamics |
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the quantity of energy supplied to any system in the form of
Q= W+ CHANGE IN E |
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| Second law of thermodynamics |
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| heat flows naturally from a hot object to a cold object |
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| third law of thermodynamics |
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| it is not possible to lower the temp of any system to absolute zero |
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