Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications
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In a transverse wave, how do the particles of the medium move?
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At right angles to the direction the wave travels. That is the definition of a transverse wave, and it is what the ribbons on the slinky showed.
Moving along the wave's direction describes a longitudinal wave instead.
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