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travelling wave vs soliton

soliton vs travelling wave

travelling wave and soliton both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
travelling wave Yes No No No
soliton Yes No No No
As nouns, soliton is a hyponym of travelling wave; that is, soliton 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
  • soliton: (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 solitary wave, soliton wave.
travelling wave (noun) soliton (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 soliton

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