Combined Science GCSE
Direct timing method
What Direct timing method means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Direct timing method
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A method that measures the time for sound to travel a measured distance through air, so the calculated value is the speed of sound in air.
Topics that use Direct timing method
- Properties of waves (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amplitude
- displacement–distance graph
- Displacement–time graph
- Frequency
- Hertz
- Period
- reciprocal relationship
- Relationship between speed, frequency and wavelength
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