Physics A-Level
Polarisation of transverse waves
What Polarisation of transverse waves means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Polarisation of transverse waves
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Restricting oscillations to a single plane, a property exclusively of transverse waves, so longitudinal waves cannot be polarised.
Topics that use Polarisation of transverse waves
- Wave motion (OCR A-Level)
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