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A wave is an up and down movement of water. When we talk about waves, we use special words to name their parts. The highest point of a wave is called the crest. The lowest point is called the trough. Wave height is the vertical distance between the crest and trough. Wavelength is the horizontal distance between waves in a series. Wavelength can be measured between two wave crests. It can be measured between two wave troughs.
A wavefront is a line or surface, in the path of a wave motion, where all the displacements at any point have the same phase. A point source leads to circular wavefronts, at large distances from the source they are straight lines. wave is a method of transferring energy from one place to another without transferring matter. Mechanical waves are those that require a medium for their transfer and include water waves, sound waves and waves in stretched strings.