Physics A-Level
Progressive wave
What Progressive wave means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Progressive wave
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Reference: OCR
A disturbance that transfers energy through a medium or space without transferring matter, as the disturbance travels away from the source.
Topics that use Progressive wave
- 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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