Physics A-Level
Wave speed, frequency and wavelength relationship
What Wave speed, frequency and wavelength relationship means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Wave speed, frequency and wavelength relationship
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The wave equation links the speed of a wave to its frequency and wavelength: v = fλ.
Topics that use Wave speed, frequency and wavelength relationship
- 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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