Glossary · term
Standing wave
Waves & Fluids
- Aliases
- harmonics, harmonic, resonant frequency
- Domain
- Waves & Fluids
Definition
A wave trapped between two boundaries so that only whole numbers of half-wavelengths fit — the fundamental and its harmonics. Strings, pipes, laser cavities and, in a sense, electrons in atoms.
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