Wave
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In physics a wave is a disturbance or oscillation that travels through spacetime, accompanied by a transfer of energy. Wave motion transfers energy from one point to another, often with no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium—that is, with little or no associated mass transport. They consist, instead, of oscillations or vibrations around almost fixed locations. Waves are described by a wave equation which sets out how the disturbance proceeds over time. The mathematical form of this equation varies depending on the type of wave.
See also
- Audience wave
- Beat waves
- Capillary waves
- Cymatics
- Doppler effect
- Envelope detector
- Group velocity
- Harmonic
- Inertial wave
- List of wave topics
- List of waves named after people
- Ocean surface wave
- Phase velocity
- Reaction-diffusion equation
- Resonance
- Ripple tank
- Rogue wave (oceanography)
- Shallow water equations
- Shive wave machine
- Standing wave
- Transmission medium
- Wave turbulence
- Waves in plasmas
Namesakes
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa
- French New Wave
- Czechoslovak New Wave
- New wave music
- New Wave (science fiction)
- New wave
- British New Wave
- No Wave
- Japanese New Wave
- Second-wave feminism
- Third-wave feminism
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