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Ques: "What is meant by a wave motion?"

Thanks.
 

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Cheman said:
Ques: "What is meant by a wave motion?"

Thanks.

Your question is rather general. Could you be more specific?
 
I doesn't matter - one of my homework questions was that question - I thought it was a rather vague generalised question, so I wondered if i was missing something.

Thanks. :smile:
 

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