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• Wave — A wave is a disturbance that propagates through space and time, usually with transference of energy. While a mechanical wave exists in a medium (which on deformation is capable of producing elastic restoring forces), waves of electromagnetic… …   Wikipedia

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• Medium wave — Main article: Medium frequency Medium wave (MW) is the part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. For Europe the MW band ranges from 526.5 kHz to 1606.5 kHz[1] and in North America an extended MW… …   Wikipedia

• Wave equation — Not to be confused with Wave function. The wave equation is an important second order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves. It arises in… …   Wikipedia

• wave motion — ▪ physics       propagation of disturbances that is, deviations from a state of rest or equilibrium from place to place in a regular and organized way. Most familiar are surface waves on water, but both sound and light travel as wavelike… …   Universalium

• simple harmonic motion — Physics. vibratory motion in a system in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium. Abbr.: S.H.M., s.h.m. * * * Repetitive back and forth movement through a central, or equilibrium, position in which the… …   Universalium

• Wave packet — In physics, a wave packet is an envelope or packet containing an arbitrary number of wave forms. In quantum mechanics the wave packet is ascribed a special significance: it is interpreted to be a probability wave describing the probability that a …   Wikipedia

• P-wave — This article is on the type of seismic wave. For the term used in electrocardiography, see P wave (electrocardiography). P wave can also refer to a type of electronic wavefunction in atomic physics; see atomic orbital. Plane P wave …   Wikipedia

• Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp — Hydrargyrum medium arc iodide, or HMI, is a mercury halide gas discharge medium arc length lamp with a multi line spectra emission. The name implies that hydrargyrum, an archaic term for Mercury (Hg), is held as a vapour mixed with other rare… …   Wikipedia

• Excitable medium — An excitable medium is a nonlinear dynamical system which has the capacity to propagate a wave of some description, and which cannot support the passing of another wave until a certain amount of time has passed (known as the refractory time). A… …   Wikipedia

• Density wave theory — Image of spiral galaxy M81 combining data from the Hubble, Spitzer, and GALEX space telescopes. Density wave theory or the Lin Shu density wave theory is a theory proposed by C.C. Lin and Frank Shu in the mid 1960s to explain spiral arm structure …   Wikipedia