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autowave

autowave noun: a self-supporting non-linear wave in active media (i.e. one of those that provide distributed energy sources).

Noun

autowave (plural autowaves)

  1. A self-supporting non-linear wave in active media (i.e. one of those that provide distributed energy sources).
    • In this work, we consider the case where each element is spontaneously excited at a fixed average rate and thereby initiates a new autowave.2015 November 12, “Emergence of Asynchronous Local Clocks in Excitable Media”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of autowave

pluralautowaves

Origin of autowave

From auto- + wave.

Questions about autowave

What does autowave mean?
Autowave means a self-supporting non-linear wave in active media (i.e. one of those that provide distributed energy sources).
What part of speech is autowave?
Autowave is a noun.
What is the plural of autowave?
The plural of autowave is autowaves.

Words near autowave in the dictionary

  1. AUTOVON
  2. autowalk
  3. autowalks
  4. autowallah
  5. autowallahs
  6. autowave
  7. autowaves
  8. autowind
  9. autowinder
  10. autowinders
  11. autowinding

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