travelling wave

(General Physics)

a. a wave carrying energy away from its source

b. (as modifier): a travelling-wave aerial.

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travelling wave - a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave

traveling wave

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

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; "soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure"

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This contract is for Ku and Ka-band high-power travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for a transportable satellite communications ground system.

Comtech Telecommunications' subsidiary awarded USD1.5m contract for military SATCOM TWTAs

Thales Alenia Space has signed two contracts with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) concerning the delivery of transponders and the travelling wave tube amplifiers for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) and Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) missions.

Thales Alenia Space signs contracts with NASA for two missions

On the basis of product type, the ultrasonic motor market can be segmented into standing wave type and travelling wave type.

Ultrasonic Motor Market: Quantitative Market Analysis, Current and Future Trends

The standard DNLS, arising for [mathematical expression not reproducible], is known to support periodic travelling wave solutions (see, e.g., [29]).

Periodic Travelling Wave Solutions of Discrete Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations

Abdelaziz, "Travelling wave solutions for the burgers equation and the korteweg-de vries equation with variable coefficients using the generalized (G'/G)-expansion method," Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung--Section A Journal of Physical Sciences, vol.

Exact Traveling Wave Solutions of Certain Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Using the (G'/[G.sup.2])-Expansion Method

Human reaction times can cause a backwards travelling wave. The first driver to respond to an event on the road brakes, the person behind, due to reaction time, brakes a fraction of a second later and has to brake a little harder to avoid hitting the person in front, the person behind them has to brake harder still, and somewhere down the backward wave the traffic comes to a complete halt.

Convoys could cut congestion

The travelling wave thermoacoustic refrigerator (TWTR), designed by a research team at Tokai University, consists of three etched stainless steel mesh regenerators installed within the prime mover loop and one in the refrigerator loop.

Novel Refrigerator Turns Waste Heat Into Sound Waves to Provide Cooling

Closed and quasi-closed yoke configurations for travelling wave induction heaters.

Traveling wave induction heating control based on robust intelligent controller

LUSMs utilizing bending modes of a beam were proposed under direct inspiration of the idea of the disk type travelling wave rotary USM.

A hollow cylindrical linear nut-type ultrasonic motor