No products in the cart.

What is transverse wave

CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET

CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET

Question Bank, Mock Tests, Exam Papers

NCERT Solutions, Sample Papers, Notes, Videos

What is transverse wave
  • 1 answers

Kritika Trehan 7 years, 10 months ago

transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (right angled) to the direction of energy transfer (or the propagation of the wave).

If a transverse wave is moving in the positive <i>x</i>-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the <i>y–z</i> plane.

Light is an example of a transverse wave, while sound is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitudinal_wave" title="Longitudinal wave">longitudinal wave</a>. A ripple in a pond and a wave on a string are easily visualized as transverse waves.

http://mycbseguide.com/examin8/

Related Questions

What is meant by 'basicity' of an acid
  • 2 answers
Describe the photosynthesis process
  • 2 answers
What are the end product of photosynthesis?
  • 0 answers

myCBSEguide App

myCBSEguide

Trusted by 1 Crore+ Students

Test Generator

Test Generator

Create papers online. It's FREE.

CUET Mock Tests

CUET Mock Tests

75,000+ questions to practice only on myCBSEguide app

Download myCBSEguide App