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Stationary waves Flashcards

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Stationary wave

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(or standing wave) Energy is stored rather than transferred to other locations

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Resonance

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The storing of energy in an oscillation or a stationary wave, the energy coming from an external source of appropriate frequency

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Node

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Points of minimum (ideally zero) amplitude are called nodes and occur at every half wave length along the wave’s extent

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Antinode

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Intermediate between the nodes are antinodes-points of maximum amplitude

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