| NOUN | event | standing wave, stationary wave | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time |
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| Meaning | A wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time. | |
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| Synonym | stationary wave | |
| Broader | wave, undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
| Spanish | onda estacionaria | |
| Catalan | ona estacionària | |
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