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TRANSVERSE PERIODIC WAVE

 

TRANSVERSE PERIODIC WAVE | ROPE

Double periodicity: PERIOD | WAVELENGTH

 

 

Description: PERIODIC PROGRESSIVE WAVE | Case of a transverse sine wave along a rope | Double periodicity, temporal and spatial | Period and wavelength.

 

Definitions

 

Period T: Constant time interval after which a physical quantity assumes the same value again.

 

Wavelength λLength of the elementary pattern (repeating, identical).

 

λ = vT

 

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