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Wave motion is doubly periodic. Explain.
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Solution
- A wave particle repeats its motion after a definite interval of time at every location, making it periodic in time.
- Similarly, at any given instant, the form of a wave repeats itself at equal distances making it periodic in space.
- Thus, wave motion is a doubly periodic phenomenon, i.e., periodic in time as well as periodic in space.
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