standing wave

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Noun

standing wave (plural standing waves)

1. (physics) A wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium in such a way that the reflected wave coincides with the produced wave. A common example is the vibration of the strings on a musical stringed instrument.

Synonyms

• fixed wave
• stationary wave
• permanent wave

Antonyms

• travelling wave

Translations

a wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium

Chinese: Mandarin: 駐波 / 驻波 (zh) (zhùbō) Finnish: seisova aalto (fi) French: onde stationnaire (fr) f German: stehende Welle f, Stehwelle f Greek: στάσιμο κύμα n (stásimo kýma) Japanese: 定常波 (ja) (ていじょうは, teijōha) Korean: 정상파 (jeongsangpa) Russian: стоя́чая волна́ (ru) f (stojáčaja volná) Swedish: stående våg c