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Wave Motion, Sound, Resonance and Stationary Waves

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Work Out Physics ‘O’ Level and GCSE

Part of the book series: Macmillan Master Series ((MMSS))

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In all wave motion, a disturbance (energy) travels through a medium without the medium moving bodily with it. The wave transmits energy from the source to the receiver.

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© 1986 H. J. P. Keighley

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Keighley, H.J.P. (1986). Wave Motion, Sound, Resonance and Stationary Waves. In: Work Out Physics ‘O’ Level and GCSE. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07213-2_12

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