A Physics chat

Chad Orzel and Jennifer Ouellette are chatting physics and stuff on Bloggingheads.tv:

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Hello I am a Master Degree undergraduate physics from Mexico,

By alejandra cast… (not verified) on 05 May 2009 #permalink

Hi! I'm in an introductory physics class and this is not an answer to a test question or anything. We are on a section on waves...is the abbreviation for waves (v)? This is very elementary, but I have several formulas with this symbol and there is no explanation for what it is. I'm just assuming it's "wave".