STANDING WAVE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

standing wave; stationary wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("standing wave" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

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