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[[Image:Wave group.gif|frame|[[Gravity waves]] on the ocean surface over deep water. The ...] is the rate at which the phase of any one [[frequency]] component of the wave travels. ...

...ted over and over (a "periodic waveform"). A common waveform is the [[sine wave]]. It is normally not possible to see a waveform without some [[device]]. ...United Kingdom|UK]], the [[Alternating current|AC]] mains supply is a sine wave and has a [[voltage]] of 240 V. This is an rms voltage. The actual voltage ...

{{Merge to|Wave-particle duality|discussion=Talk:Wave-particle duality|date=March 2013}} ...of [[physics]], a '''matter wave''' is when you think of [[matter]] as a [[wave]]. The concept of matter waves was first introduced by [[Louis de Broglie]] ...

...physics)|wave]] at a boundary between two different [[media]], so that the wave moves back into the medium it came from. ...n examples include the reflection of [[light]], [[sound]] and [[Mechanical wave|water waves]]. ...

...e normal answer for the wave function is usually a [[complex number]]. The wave function concept was first introduced in the [[Schrödinger equation]]. The formula for finding the wave function (i.e., the probability wave), is below: ...

...as the lowest frequency (i.e. cycles at the slowest rate) while the purple wave (bottom) has the highest frequency (cycles at the fastest rate).]] '''Frequency''' is how often an event repeats itself over a [[period (physics)|set amount of time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/di ...

...nd waves]] and [[light|light waves]]. Refraction is seen most often when a wave passes from one transparent [[transmission medium|medium]] to another trans ...ple, when a light wave travels through air and then passes into water, the wave will slow and change direction. In this property when the light is transmit ...

...resent [[kinematic viscosity]] and the [[frequency]] of a [[Wave (physics)|wave]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nu Symbol in Greek Alphabet|url=https://www.greeksy ...

...in [[physics]]. It's the idea that there are things that are both [[Wave (physics)|waves]] and [[particles]]<nowiki/>. ...ht has a frequency and [[wavelength]], just like a [[sound wave]] or water wave. Until the 20th century, most physicists thought that light was either one ...

...=http://aip.org/history/heisenberg/p08.htm|publisher=American Institute of Physics|accessdate=3 May 2014|year=1998–2014|archive-date=15 May 2014|archive-url=h ...an [[electron]], is not ''just'' a point-like particle, but also a type of wave. Another fundamental of quantum mechanics is the [[Heisenberg uncertainty p ...

...ut at different points in the wave. A Fourier transform takes this complex wave and is able to find the frequencies that made it, meaning it can find the n ...graphy]], [[oceanography]], [[machine learning]], [[radiology]], [[quantum physics]] as well as [[sound]] design and visualization. ...

...lativistic wave equations|wave equation]] (the [[Majorana equation]]). The wave functions of particle and antiparticle are related by [[Complex conjugate|c ...creates a fermion in quantum state <math>j</math> (described by a ''real'' wave function), whereas the annihilation operator <math>\gamma_j</math> annihila ...

...rence]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1930.<ref name="Physics">{{cite book |title=Physics ...

...ysical properties such as [[position]], [[momentum]], [[energy]], etc. The wave function can be thought of as a picture of how this particle or system acts ...e act of observation or measurement. The exact cause and interpretation of wave function collapse is still widely debated in the scientific community. ...

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'''Electromagnetic waves''' are [[Wave (physics)|waves]] that contain an [[electric field]] and a [[magnetic field]] and ca .../question-answer/sound-waves-are-electromagnetic-waves-like-light-class-12-physics-cbse-5f2ba9a4ca871905aab585e3|access-date=22 November 2023|website=Vedantu} ...

...looks like a [[sine wave]] in that kind of graph. In [[mathematics]] and [[physics]] this is called '''simple harmonic motion'''. This sort of movement will h {{Physics-stub}} ...

* In [[physics]] for various forms of movement, or [[oscillation]]s * The [[electromagnetic wave|wave]] equation ...

...ation.<ref name= noble1>{{cite web |url= https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/cerenkov/biographical/ |title= Pavel A. Cherenkov | website= The Noble ...https://web.archive.org/web/20201108155135/https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/cherenkov.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> ...

...n: J.D. & E.S. Dana. Page 234</ref><ref>''[http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/HertzEffect.html Wolfram Scienceworld]'' describes the terminology of the p ...Photoelectric Effect and won the [[Nobel Prize for Physics|Nobel Prize For Physics]] 1921. ...