Solitary Wave

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(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

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: soliton
plural: Solitary Waves
possessive: Solitary Wave's
pluralpossessive: Solitary Waves'

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