standing wave

English

Noun

standing wave (plural standing waves)

(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

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

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