Questions and Answers
What is a standing wave?
A pair of superimposed periodic waves traveling in opposite directions
How are waves often described?
By a wave equation (standing wave field of two opposite waves) or a one-way wave equation for single wave propagation in a defined direction
What is a mechanical wave?
A local deformation (strain) in some physical medium that propagates from particle to particle by creating local stresses
Give an example of a mechanical wave.
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What sustains the propagation of electromagnetic waves?
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