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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is a wave??

OpenStudy (amistre64):

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OpenStudy (amistre64):

i got no better way to define it .... maybe with sin and cos ... something periodic

OpenStudy (anonymous):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave

OpenStudy (across):

A wave is an oscillating pattern.

OpenStudy (across):

... or perhaps it is a traveling disturbance within a medium... I don't know. There are many interesting ways to think about it. :)

OpenStudy (across):

... but then light is considered a wave, and it does not require a medium to travel in... that we know of... XD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a periodic disturbance

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