Wave
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Wave
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A disturbance which is propagated in a medium in such a manner that at any
point in the medium the quantity
serving as measure of disturbance is a function of the time, while at any
instant the displacement
at a point is a function of the position of the point.
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Any physical quantity that has the same relationship to some
independent variable (usually time) that a propagated disturbance has, at a
particular instant, with respect to space, may be called a wave. [[/a>|/a>
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References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use