Wavelength

105 - Wavelength

In this video Paul Andersen explains how the wavelength is the distance between oscillations in a wave. In a longitudinal wave this might be the distance between areas of compression. In a transverse wave it might be the distance between crests or troughs. A simulation and an example problem is included.

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Music Attribution
Title: String Theory
Artist: Herman Jolly
http://sunsetvalley.bandcamp.com/track/string-theory

All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing:

Inaglory, Brocken. English: Four Frame Image Shows the Break of a Single Mavericks Wave. A Tiny Surfer Is Seen in Every Frame., February 14, 2010. I (Brocken Inaglory created this work entirely by myself. Transferred from en.wikipedia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mavericks_and_surfer_4_frames_image.jpg.
Jacobovitz, Shalom. English: Mavericks Surf Contest 2010., February 13, 2010. Own work. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mavericks_Surf_Contest_2010b.jpg.
“Wave on a String.” PhET. Accessed April 13, 2015. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/wave-on-a-string.

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