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Definition: Stationary Wave |
Stationary WaveNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A standing wave in which the net energy flux is zero at all points.Stationary waves can only be approximated in practice. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A periodic wave having a fixed distribution in space that is the result of interference of progressive waves of the same frequency and kind. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The field pattern created by the interference of two waves having the same frequency propagating in the same mode in opposite directions along a uniform transmission line. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonym: Stationary WaveSynonym: standing wave (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Stationary Wave |
| Specialty definitions using "stationary wave": hydraulic jump. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "stationary wave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | стоячая волна. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-i-n-o-r-s-t-t-v-w-y" | |
-4 letters: starvation, stationary, stationery. | |
-5 letters: aerations, antistory, attainers, attorneys, natatoria, nervosity, reattains, sanatoria, stationer, tearaways, tearstain, trainways. | |
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