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planewave

planewave is the alternative form of plane wave.

Meaning of plane wave

Noun

plane wave (plural plane waves)

  1. A constant-frequency wave whose wavefronts are infinite parallel planes of constant peak-to-peak amplitude normal to the phase velocity vector.

Forms of planewave

pluralplanewaves

Questions about planewave

What is planewave the alternative form of?
Planewave is the alternative form of plane wave.

Words near planewave in the dictionary

  1. planetule
  2. planetules
  3. planetward
  4. planetwards
  5. planetwide
  6. planewave
  7. planewaves
  8. planform
  9. planforms
  10. planful
  11. planfully

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Adapted from Wiktionary: planewave (page history and authors); plane wave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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