standing wave

Definitions

Aviation

• noun the

  motion

  of air

  downwind

  of a

  steep

  hill

  or mountain in which the high and low points of the wave do not move

Electronics

• A wave in which the antinodes and nodes do not change position through a given medium, such as a

  transmission line

  . Such waves usually occur as a result of the total or

  partial

  reflection

  of said wave by a

  barrier

  such as a

  discontinuity

  in a transmission line. This contrasts with a

  progressive wave

  , whose antinodes and nodes progress along the medium at the speed of the wave. Also called

  stationary

  wave.
• synonymstationary wave

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