Combined Science GCSE
Successive wave features
What Successive wave features means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Successive wave features
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Reference: AQA
Equivalent points on consecutive waves, such as two successive crests or two successive troughs, used to read wavelength.
Topics that use Successive wave features
- Properties of waves (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amplitude
- Direct timing method
- displacement–distance graph
- Displacement–time graph
- Frequency
- Hertz
- Period
- reciprocal relationship
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