Physics A-Level
Displacement–time graph
What Displacement–time graph means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Displacement–time graph
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Shows how the displacement of one particle varies with time, with one full cycle spanning one period T.
Topics that use Displacement–time graph
- Wave motion (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Amplitude
- Compressions and rarefactions
- Diffraction and gap-to-wavelength ratio
- Displacement
- Displacement–distance graph
- Frequency
- Frequency as a source-determined property
- Intensity
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