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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4619. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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The distance between two successive crests of a wave motion. Usually, in transverse waves (waves with points oscillating at right angles to the direction of their advance), wavelength is measured from crest to crest. In longitudinal waves (waves with points vibrating in the same direction as their advance), it is measured from compression to compression. The term is applied to electromagnetic rad...

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