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STATIONARY WAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("stationary wave" is a kind of...):
undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
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