TRAVELLING WAVE Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase travelling wave. (close relations)
Definition of TRAVELLING WAVE
Best Alternative Words for TRAVELLING WAVE
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billowing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by great swelling waves or surges | ||||||||
fluctuating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having unpredictable ups and downs | ||||||||
heaving | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling) • breathing heavily (as after exertion) • the act of lifting something with great effort • throwing something heavy (with great effort) | ||||||||
oscillating | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having periodic vibrations | ||||||||
rippling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a small wave on the surface of a liquid | ||||||||
rolling | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
noun • a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) • the act of robbing a helpless person • propelling something on wheels adjective satellite • uttered with a trill | ||||||||
surging | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by great swelling waves or surges | ||||||||
weaving | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • creating fabric | ||||||||
pulsating | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
verb • expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically • move with or as if with a regular alternating motion • produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | ||||||||
undulating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having a wavy margin and rippled surface verb • stir up (water) so as to form ripples • occur in soft rounded shapes • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion • increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves | ||||||||
traveling wave | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave |