NOUN | event | stationary wave, standing 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 | standing wave | |
Broader | wave, undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
Spanish | onda estacionaria | |
Catalan | ona estacionària |
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