What are traveling waves?

NI Nishantmaliakeloommen asked on 15 June 2020, 04:45
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Travelling waves are exactly what the name implies: waves that travel.

For example: you know how to wave at someone right?

Stand there and wave, do not move from the spot. That is a standing wave.

If you wave while you walk along, then that is a travelling wave.

More generally, a wave is anything loosely periodic — usually a displacement. If the periodic thing stays in the same place, then it is a standing wave. If the periodic thing changes position with time, then it is a travelling wave.

It is a movement of the pattern of movement.

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