Light is considered a transverse wave, but its oscillations are not of the medium particles or their pressure or density—it is not a mechanical wave.
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Light is considered a transverse wave, but its oscillations are not of the medium particles or their pressure or density—it is not a mechanical wave.
Light is considered a transverse wave. In electromagnetic waves like light, oscillations occur perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. Thus, individual electric and magnetic field vectors oscillate perpendicular to the direction of light propagation, characteristic of transverse waves.