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What is meant by longitude wave and transverse wave?

April 26, 2017longitude Mathematics meant Physics transverse wave

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What is meant by longitude wave and transverse wave?

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transverse wave is where the wave crest is a 90 degrees to the wave direction. light is a transverse wave. longitudinal waves have wave crests that are orientated in the direction that the wave is travelling.

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Longitudinal wave; direction of periodic displacement is in the same direction as ( or parallel to) the direction the wave is travelling in, eg sound waves in a liquid or gas. Transverse wave: direction of periodic disturbance is at right angles to the direction the wave is travelling, eg waves on the surface of water, waves on a plucked string, light waves.