Waves in water are transverse. This means that the vibrations causing the waves are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. As this little boat demonstrates, you can see that the waves are ...

You need to know about these quantities used in waves - what they mean, the symbols used for them and the units used to measure them. The amplitude (\(a\)) of a wave is the distance from the centre ...

Current Science is a fortnightly journal published since 1932 by the Current Science Association, Bangalore (India) in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences. The journal covers all ...