Amplitude, Maximum displacement from equilibrium, Wavelength, Distance between identical wave points, Frequency, Number of oscillations per second, Period, Time for one complete cycle, Wave speed, Rate a disturbance travels, Crest, Highest point of a wave, Trough, Lowest point of a wave, Transverse wave, Oscillations perpendicular to propagation, Longitudinal wave, Oscillations parallel to propagation, Compression, Region of high particle density, Rarefaction, Region of low particle density, Superposition, Overlapping waves add displacements, Interference, Result of superposed waves, Constructive interference, Amplitudes combine to increase displacement, Destructive interference, Amplitudes combine to reduce displacement, Standing wave, Stationary pattern from opposite waves, Node, Point of zero displacement, Antinode, Point of maximum displacement, Reflection, Wave bounces off a boundary, Refraction, Wave changes direction in new medium

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