Usually means: Wave that does not propagate.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. stationary wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. stationary wave: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stationary wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stationary wave: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stationary wave: Vocabulary.com
  6. stationary wave: Wiktionary
  7. stationary wave: Dictionary.com
  8. Stationary wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. stationary wave: Rhymezone
  10. stationary wave: FreeDictionary.org
  11. stationary wave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. stationary wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stationary wave: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stationary Wave: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stationary wave)

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.

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