Class: Math::Physics::Wave
Overview
information/disturbance/variation traveling w/ an oscillating pattern
| sub-type | details | | ——————- | —————————————————————————————————————– | | ‘transverse wave` | moving wave w/ oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of travel | | `longitudinal wave` | moving wave w/ oscillations occurring parallel to the direction of travel | | `standing wave` | non-moving wave despite current oscillations | | `solitary wave` | wikipedia - “a self-reinforcing `wave packet` that maintains its shape while it propagates at a constant velocity. Solitons are caused by a cancellation of nonlinear and `dispersive effects` in the medium” | | `light wave` | can move through space no problem; displays properties of both wave & particle called `wave-particle duality` |
| term | details | source | | ———————– | ——————————————————————————— | —— | | period | “the time it takes between one peak and the next one” | 0x0 | | amplitude | magnitude of distance covered between the maxima and minima points reached from one full iteration/cycle | 0x0 | | oscillate | “to swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm” | 0x1 | | hertz | frequency (cycle repeats per second) | 0x1 | | ‘wave packet` | “a short burst or envelope of localized wave action that travels as a unit” | 0x5 | | `λ` -> wavelength | “distance between adjacent maxima or minima of a wave” | 0x4 | | periodic/continuous | repeats over space & time | 0x4 | | crest/peak | value/position/point of the largest magnitude reached | 0x4 | | trough | value/position/point of the lowest magnitude reached | 0x4 | | expansion | “a point of maximum spacing between particles of a medium for longitudinal waves” | 0x4 | | compression | “a point of minimum spacing between particles of a medium for longitudinal waves” | 0x4 | | `⨍` -> frequency | V / `λ` | 0x4 |
| equation | context | misc | | ————— | ————————————————- | —————— | | ‘λ` = V / `⨍` | `λ`:wavelength, v:`wave speed`, `⨍`:frequency | source from<code>0x4</code> |