BRAINCAKEPolarisation
Transverse waves can be plane-polarised.
Waves are plane-polarised if all the oscillations are in one plane only.
Transverse waves can be polarised because the direction of oscillations is not in the same direction as the direction of wave travel but is perpendicular.
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