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wave equation

wave equation noun: a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields.

Noun

wave equation (plural wave equations)

  1. A second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields.
    • In seismic processing substantial computing effort is consumed by programs based on the acoustic and elastic wave equation. The next two sections describe a compute engine for these wave equations.1997, Ralph Phillip Bording, Larry R. Lines, Seismic Modeling and Imaging with the Complete Wave Equation, SEG Books, →ISBN, page 68

wave equation meaning in Tamil

wave equation in Tamil

அலைச் சமன்பாடு, அலைச்சமன்பாடு

Forms of wave equation

pluralwave equations

Questions about wave equation

What does wave equation mean?
Wave equation means a second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields.
What is wave equation in Tamil?
Wave equation in Tamil is அலைச் சமன்பாடு, அலைச்சமன்பாடு. See Wave equation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wave equation?
Wave equation is a noun.
What is the plural of wave equation?
The plural of wave equation is wave equations.

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