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stationary wave
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stationary wave
n.
See standing wave.
stationary wave
n
(Physics / General Physics) another name for standing wave
stationary wave
See standing wave.
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Noun1.stationary wave - 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
standing wave
undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
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