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  • 1Standing wave — A standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that remains in a constant position. This phenomenon can occur because the medium is moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of… …

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  • 2Standing wave ratio — In telecommunications, standing wave ratio (SWR) is the ratio of the amplitude of a partial standing wave at an antinode (maximum) to the amplitude at an adjacent node (minimum), in an electrical transmission line. The SWR is usually defined as a …

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  • 3standing wave — Physics. a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes. Also called stationary wave. [1905 10] * * * ▪ physics also called… …

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  • 4Node (physics) — A standing wave. The red dots are the wave nodes A node is a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. For instance, in a vibrating guitar string, the ends of the string are nodes. By changing the position of the end node… …

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  • 5Wave — 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… …

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  • 6Node — In general, a node is a localised swelling (a knot ) or a point of intersection (a vertex). Node may refer to: In mathematics Node (autonomous system), behaviour for an ordinary differential equation near a critical point Node (graph theory), a… …

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  • 7Wave–particle duality — Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle …

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  • 8node — /nohd/, n. 1. a knot, protuberance, or knob. 2. a centering point of component parts. 3. Anat. a knotlike mass of tissue: lymph node. 4. Pathol. circumscribed swelling. 5. Bot. a. a joint in a stem. b. a part of a stem that normally bears a leaf …

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  • 9node — noun technical 1》 a point in a network at which lines intersect or branch.     ↘a piece of equipment, such as a computer or peripheral, attached to a network.     ↘Mathematics a point at which a curve intersects itself.     ↘Astronomy either of… …

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  • 10node — [[t]noʊd[/t]] n. 1) a knot, protuberance, or knob 2) a centering point of component parts 3) anat. anat. a knotlike mass of tissue: lymph node[/ex] 4) pat Pathol. circumscribed swelling 5) bot Bot. bot a part of a stem that bears a leaf or branch …

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