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traveling wave vs soliton wave

soliton wave vs traveling wave

traveling wave and soliton wave both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
traveling wave Yes No No No
soliton wave Yes No No No
As nouns, soliton wave is a hyponym of traveling wave; that is, soliton wave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than traveling wave:
  • traveling wave: a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
  • soliton wave: (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate
Other hyponyms of traveling wave include solitary wave, soliton.
traveling wave (noun) soliton wave (noun)
a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate
Difference between traveling wave and soliton wave

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