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Law of reflection

Physics; General physics

For a reflected light ray, θ incidence = θ reflection . In other words, a ray of light reflects of a surface in the same plane as the incident ray and the normal, and at an angle to the ...

The substance that is displaced as a wave propagates through it. Air is the medium for sound waves, the string is the medium of transverse waves on a string, and water is the medium for ocean waves. ...

Lenz’s law

Physics; General physics

States that the current induced in a circuit by a change in magnetic flux is in the direction that will oppose that change in flux. Using the right-hand rule, point your thumb in the opposite ...

Longitudinal waves

Physics; General physics

Waves that oscillate in the same direction as the propagation of the wave. Sound is carried by longitudinal waves, since the air molecules move back and forth in the same direction the sound travels.

Magnetic flux

Physics; General physics

The dot product of the area and the magnetic field passing through it. Graphically, it is a measure of the number and length of magnetic field lines passing through that area. It is measured in ...