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travelling wave vs solitary wave

solitary wave vs travelling wave

travelling wave and solitary wave both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
travelling wave Yes No No No
solitary wave Yes No No No
As nouns, solitary wave is a hyponym of travelling wave; that is, solitary wave is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than travelling wave:
  • travelling wave: a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
  • solitary 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 travelling wave include soliton, soliton wave.
travelling wave (noun) solitary 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 travelling wave and solitary wave

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