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is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase, such as crests, troughs, compressions, rarefactions or zero crossings and is a characteristic of both travelling waves and standing waves, as well as other spatial wave patterns.

1. frequency
2. amplitude
3. wavelength
4. none of these

Correct answer: wavelength

Solution

The quantity described is the distance between successive points in the same phase of a wave. That is the definition of wavelength, and it applies to both traveling and standing waves.

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