5.22 standing wave. Periodic wave having a fixed distribution in space that is the result of superposition of progressive waves of the same frequency and kind traveling in opposite directions. Such waves are characterized by the existence of nodes or...
5.21 wave interference. Phenomenon which results when waves of the same or nearly the same frequency are superposed and is characterized by a spatial or temporal distribution of amplitude of some specified characteristic differing from that of the...
5.20 Rayleigh wave. Surface wave associated with the free boundary of a solid, such that a surface particle describes an ellipse for which the major axis is normal to the surface and the center is at the undisturbed surface. At maximum particle displacement...
5.19 circularly polarized sound wave. Transverse wave in an elastic medium in which the displacement vector at any point rotates about a point with constant angular velocity and constant magnitude....
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