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stationary wave

DEFINITIONS OF: stationary wave

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n 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
Type of:
undulation, wave
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
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