What is Wave?

Waves

Wave is a form of disturbance which travels through a medium or vacuum or remains stationary and is produced due to periodic or vibration in succession of particles about their mean positions. The repeating and periodic disturbance that moves through a medium from one location to another is referred to as a wave

What are the types of Wave?

The waves are of three types - mechanical, electromagnetic and matter waves. Mechanical waves can be produced only in media which possess elasticity and inertia. Water waves, sound waves and seismic waves are common examples of this type. Electromagnetic waves do not require any material medium for propagation. Radio waves, microwaves, infrared rays, visible light, the ultraviolet rays, X rays and γ rays are electromagnetic waves. The waves associated with particles like electrons, protons and fundamental particles in motion are matter waves.