Standing Wave

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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

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Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: stationary wave
plural: Standing Waves
possessive: Standing Wave's
pluralpossessive: Standing Waves'

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