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transverse wave
subject			fact

transverse wave	has definition Wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of propagation.
	is a kind of wave
wave	has propagation direction
harmonic motion	has amplitude
	has period
	has synonym periodic motion
physical process	has domain physics

Kinds of transverse wave :

• photon (43 kinds, 137 facts) (electromagnetic radiation) - Smallest packet of the electromagnetic force field; messenger particle of the electromagnetic force; smallest bundle of light., The quantum of the electromagnetic field. It is the massless spin-1 gauge boson of QED. Virtual photons mediate the electromagnetic force between charged particles. Virtual photons can also adopt a mass for a short period, in accordance with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle., A transverse wave of electric and magnetic fields which can propagate through empty space.