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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: wave
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Definition: variation of a field moving with a velocity well defined at each point of a medium

Note 1 to entry: Electromagnetic and acoustic waves in linear media are represented by particular solutions of hyperbolic second order partial differential equations in space and time, for example resulting from Maxwell equations.


Publication date:2009-12
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Internal notes:2017-02-20: Editorial revisions in accordance with the information provided in C00020 (IEV 103) - evaluation. JGO
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