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transverse wave comparison table |
Subject | has amplitude | has location | has material | has domain | has propagation direction | is not accelerated by | has volume | is a kind of | has frequency | has temperature | has quantum behavior | has velocity | has wavelength | carries the force | has spin | has momentum | obey | has synonym | has extent | has mass | has definition | has charge | has angular momentum | has period |
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photon | or center of gravity | physics | electric or magnetic fields | transverse wave | inversely proportional to the wavelength | Bose-Einstein statistics | inversely proportional to its momentum | electromagnetism | 1 | uncertainty principle | electromagnetic radiation | 0 | A transverse wave of electric and magnetic fields which can propagate through empty space. | 0 |
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