Are light waves transverse waves?

Transverse and longitudinal waves. You should be able to describe the characteristics of transverse and longitudinal waves. Transverse and longitudinal waves. Light and other types of electromagnetic radiation are transverse waves. Water waves and S waves (a type of seismic wave) are also transverse waves. read more

Light is a transverse wave because its components vibrate perpendicular to the direction of propagation. A transverse wave is a wave that oscillates perpendicular to its direction of propagation. A light wave is an electromagnetic wave. It has an electric and a magnetic component. read more

A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (right angled) to the direction of energy transfer (or the propagation of the wave). If a transverse wave is moving in the positive x-direction, its oscillations are in up and down directions that lie in the y–z plane. Light is an example of a transverse wave, while sound is a longitudinal wave. A ripple in a pond and a wave on a string are easily visualized as transverse waves. read more

A transverse wave is a wave in which particles of the medium, if any, move in a direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves. Transverse waves are always characterized by particle motion being perpendicular to wave motion. read more

Light is an example of a transverse wave, while sound is a longitudinal wave. A ripple in a pond and a wave on a string are easily visualized as transverse waves. read more

Radio waves are also transverse waves. Television waves are transverse waves. In gas and liquid the sound waves are transverse waves. Surface waves are transverse waves. The visible light waves are transverse waves. Water wave is a transverse wave. S- waves are transverse waves; Ultraviolet waves travel as transverse waves. read more