The important characteristics of wave motion:
(i) Wave motion is a sort of disturbance which travels through a medium.
(ii) A material medium is essential for the propagation of mechanical waves. The medium must possess three properties, viz., elasticity, inertia and minimum friction amongst the particles of the medium.
(iii) The velocity of the particles during their vibration is different at different position.
(iv) Energy is propagated along with the wave motion without any net transported of the medium.
(v) There is a continuous phase difference amongst successive particles of the medium.
