page_title: Amplitude
hierarchical_section_title: Amplitude
context_page_description: The amplitude or peak amplitude of a wave is a measure of how big its oscillation is.
  Amplitudes are always measured as positive numbers and are never negative. That's because distance can only be greater than zero or equal to zero; negative distance does not exist.
  The distance from the top of one peak to the bottom of another is called peak-to-peak amplitude. Another way to describe peak-to-peak amplitude is to say that it is the distance between the maximum positive value and the maximum negative value of a wave.is the maximum displacement of a wave from an equilibrium position
context_section_description: The amplitude or peak amplitude of a wave is a measure of how big its oscillation is.
  Amplitudes are always measured as positive numbers (for example: 3.5, 1, 120) and are never negative (for example: -3.5, -1, -120). That's because distance can only be greater than zero or equal to zero; negative distance does not exist.
  The distance from the top of one peak to the bottom of another is called peak-to-peak amplitude. Another way to describe peak-to-peak amplitude is to say that it is the distance between the maximum positive value and the maximum negative value of a wave.is the maximum displacement of a wave from an equilibrium position
caption: Different kinds of amplitudes