Wave — A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy. While a mechanical wave exists in a medium (which on deformation is capable of producing elastic restoring forces), waves of electromagnetic… … Wikipedia
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Rayleigh wave — Rayleigh waves, also known as the Rayleigh Lamb Wave or ground roll , are a type of surface wave. They are associated on the Earth with earthquakes and subterranean movement of magma, or with any other source of seismic energy, such as an… … Wikipedia
radio wave — Synonyms and related words: amplitude, antinode, carrier, carrier wave, crest, de Broglie wave, diffraction, electric wave, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, ground wave, guided wave,… … Moby Thesaurus
tidal wave — Synonyms and related words: amplitude, antinode, apoplexy, billow, bore, breakers, breakup, cataclysm, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, climax, comb, comber, convulsion, count, crest, de Broglie wave, diastrophism, diffraction, dirty water,… … Moby Thesaurus
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Love wave — In elastodynamics, Love waves are essentially horizontally polarized shear waves (SH waves) guided by an elastic layer, which is welded to an elastic half space on one side while bordering a vacuum on the other side. In seismology, Love waves… … Wikipedia
Standing wave — A standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that remains in a constant position. This phenomenon can occur because the medium is moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of… … Wikipedia
standing wave — Physics. a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes. Also called stationary wave. [1905 10] * * * ▪ physics also called… … Universalium