Sine wave
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A sine wave is a curve with this shape:
This is a picture of a sine wave.
All waves are made by adding up sine waves. The sine wave has a pattern that repeats. The length of this repeating piece of the sine wave is called the wavelength. The wavelength can be found by measuring the length or distance between one peak of a sine wave and the next peak. The wavelength can be found in many other ways too.
[edit] Waves made of Sine Waves
Waves are found everywhere in the natural world. Examples of waves:
- sound
- light
- water waves
- earthquake waves
All of these waves are sums of sine waves.
[edit] Properties of Sine Waves
Sine waves have a "length" called a wavelength. There are other properties of waves and sine waves, such as their frequency, amplitude, phase, and speed. 
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