Abstract
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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Keighley, J., Doyle, S. (1998). Wave motion. In: Physics GCSE. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14325-2_10
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