Wavelength and frequency relationship
What Wavelength and frequency relationship means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Because speed equals frequency multiplied by wavelength, a wave with a longer wavelength must have a lower frequency when the speed is fixed.
Wavelength and frequency are inversely related, so a longer wavelength means a lower observed frequency.
Topics that use Wavelength and frequency relationship
- Beyond Earth (OCR GCSE)
- The electromagnetic spectrum (OCR GCSE)
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- Artificial satellites: geostationary and polar orbits
- Communication and medicine
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- Cosmic microwave background radiation
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- Effect of the atmosphere on electromagnetic radiation
- Electromagnetic spectrum
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