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Grade 11Wave Motion

what is exactly phase means?
are there any sub divisions in the phase?

Profile image of linganna
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
dear linganna
If we think of a wave as having peaks and valleys with a zero-crossing between them, the 
phase of the wave is defined as the distance between the first zero-crossing and the point in space defined as the origin.. 
HOPE IT CLEARS 
REGARDS