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TRAVELING WAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
Synonyms:
traveling wave; travelling wave
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("traveling wave" is a kind of...):
undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traveling wave"):
solitary wave; soliton; soliton wave ((physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate)