Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    stehende Welle, Stehwelle

    стоя́чая волна́stojáčaja volná

More definitions
  • 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

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
a wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium:

Forms

plural: standing waves
Singularstanding wave
Pluralstanding waves

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:stationary wave

Antonyms

1 antonyms

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