Physics GCSE
Metres
What Metres means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Metres
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Reference: AQA
The unit in which distance travelled is measured, written as m.
The unit in which wavelength is measured.
Topics that use Metres
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
- Wave behaviour (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Rearranging equations
- Velocity
- absorption
- Acceleration
- Acceleration and units
- ageing
- amplitude
- area under a graph
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