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A wave is the disturbance of a medium that travels through space with no change in its shape. A mechanical wave in a stretched spring, a water wave on the surface of a lake, and a sound wave in the air are good examples of traveling waves. There are two types of traveling waves. For instance, the wave in a spring as shown in Fig. 7.1(a) is a longitudinal wave for which the medium is displaced in the same direction as the direction of propagation of the wave. The other wave as shown in Fig. 7.1(b) is a transverse wave for which the medium is displaced in the direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the wave.
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Lee, Y.H. (2013). Wave Motion. In: Introduction to Engineering Electromagnetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36118-0_7
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