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General Waves properties - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Particle vibration is parallel to the direction of wave motion.
        
        Comprise compressions and rarefactions.
        
        Examples: sound, ultrasound, infrasound.
- - - - Amplitude
      - aa
      - m
      - Maximum displacement of a particle from its rest position
      - Wavelength
        
        λλ
        
        m
        
        Shortest distance between 2 points that are in phase
        
        Period
        
        TT
        
        s
        
        Time taken for one complete oscillation
        
        Wave speed
        
        v
        
        m/s
        
        Distance travelled by the wave per unit time
        
        Wavefront
        
        —
        
        —
        
        Imaginary line connecting all adjacent points that are in phase
- - - - vv \= wave speed (m/s)
      - ff \= frequency (Hz)
      - λλ \= wavelength (m)