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Interference

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The meeting and combining of waves

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X Rays

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an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength

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Longitudinal Wave

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a type of wave in which the disturbance move the same direction that the wave travels.

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Transverse Wave

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a wave in which the disturbance moves at right angles to the direction of the wave.

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Mechanical Wave

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A wave such as a sound or seismic wave that transfers kinetic energy through matter.

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Wave

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A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another with out requiring matter to move the entire distance.

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Transmission

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the action or process of transmitting something

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Radio Waves

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an electromagnetic wave of a frequency

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Energy that travels across distances.

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Trough

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the lowest point or valley of a wave.

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Wavelength

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the distance from one crest to the next wave crest.

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Reflection

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the bouncing back of a wave after it hits a barrier.

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Medium

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A substance through which a wave moves.

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Crest

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The highest point or peak of a wave.

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Amplitude

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the maximum distance that a disturbance causes a medium to move.

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Frequency

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the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given period of time.

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Refraction

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the bending of light as it crosses a boundary between two mediums

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Diffraction

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the spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around the edges of an obstacle.

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Radiation

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the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves

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Electromagnetic Wave

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one of the waves that are propagated by simultaneous variations of electric and magnetic field intensity

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Microwaves

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an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength in a certain range.

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Infrared Light

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Has a wavelength just greater than that of the red end of the visible light spectrum

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Ultraviolet Light

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a wavelength shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum.

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Gamma Rays

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penetrating electromagnetic radiation

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Absorption

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the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another.

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Scattering

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the process in which electromagnetic particles are deflected.

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Polarization

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a parameter applying to waves

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Prism

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a solid geometric figure whose two end faces are similar, equal, and parallel

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