Trough – the lowest point of a transverse wave is called a trough because it makes the shape of a trough that an animal might eat from. Amplitude – the distance from a peak or a trough ...

EM waves are 'transverse' waves. This means that they are measured by their amplitude (height) and wavelength (distance between the highest/lowest points of two consecutive waves). The highest point ...

Seismological research is directly related to the incubation, occurrence, and evolution of earthquakes. Scientists seek to ...

In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers have successfully followed a gravitational wave's complete journey from ...

Make waves without getting wet. With just a Slinky and your hands, model transverse wave resonances as well as longitudinal wave resonances. Learn about nodes and antinodes of motion and compression.

backward wave amplitudes (Pb), and a reflection index (=[Pb/(forward wave amplitude+Pb)]), in addition to augmentation index, Pa, and reflected wave transit time. During a median follow-up of 15 years ...

H s Height of significant wave (metres). This is the average height of the highest one third of the waves in the record. H max Maximum height of the waves (metres) in the record. T z Average wave ...

Scattering polarizes light because light is a transverse wave. The direction of the transverse oscillation of the electric field is called the direction of polarization of light. The beam of light ...

This has been interpreted as being caused by internal gravity waves excited at the interface of convective and radiative regions within stellar interiors, such as the convective core or sub-surface ...

This software is used to identify peaks and troughs of waves 1-5 of the ABR response from Tucker Davis Technology BioSig files. Amplitudes, latencies, amplitude ratios, and interpeak latencies are ...