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Today, August 19

Question

The number of waves contained in unit length of the medium is called

A

Elastic wave

B

Wave number

C

Wave pulse

D

Electromagnetic wave

Answer

Wave number

Explanation

Solution

Wave number is the reciprocal of wavelength and is written as $\overline{n} = \frac{1}{\lambda}$ .