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What is the difference between a wave and a particle?.
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What is the difference between a wave and a particle?.

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Wave is the disturbance of some quantity in space or intermediate while a particle has a definite mass concentrated on a small area. Wave does not have a dimension of size, only its wavelength and velocity can be calculated. Properties of particles: A particle is a localized point in the space
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The difference between these two is that a wave is a disturbance of some quantity in space or intermediate while a particle has a definite mass concentrated on a small area.

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