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

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Elastic wave

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Wave number

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Wave pulse

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Electromagnetic wave

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Solution

The correct option is D Wave number
(b) Wave number is the reciprocal of wavelength and is written as $n = \frac{1}{λ}$

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