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Definition of Stationary wave
1. Noun. A wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time.
Definition of Stationary wave
1. Noun. A wave form which occurs in a limited, fixed medium in such a way that the reflected wave coincides with the produced wave. A common example is the vibration of the strings on a musical stringed instrument. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stationary Wave
Literary usage of Stationary wave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physics by Louis Bevier Spinney (1911)
"B exist as a stationary wave. Now &6 is half a wave length of the ... We therefore
arrive at the result that a stationary wave may exist in a tube with ..."
2. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1897)
"stationary wave trains may be easily produced by means of a stretched cord or
... A stationary wave train may likewise be produced in the air within a long ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... and a consequent persistence of two progressive waves advancing in opposite
directions and producing together the stationary wave above figured. 57. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Of these, the waves of minimum velocity form a stationary wave nearest to the
... Then comes the stationary wave of minimum velocity, which is the most ..."
5. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1906)
"How does the distance between the nodes in a stationary wave compare with the
wave length of the wave? If L represents the length of the string, ..."
6. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1905)
"How does the distance between the nodes in a stationary wave compare with the
wave length of the wave? If L represents the length of the string, ..."
7. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann (1905)
"If so, and the rod is vibrating in stationary waves with a node in the middle,
where do the centers of the loops lie? In a stationary wave, is the distance ..."
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