standing wave

standing wave
a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes. Also called stationary wave.
[1905-10]

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also called  Stationary Wave,  
  combination of two waves moving in opposite directions, each having the same amplitude and frequency. The phenomenon is the result of interference—that is, when waves are superimposed, their energies are either added together or cancelled out. In the case of waves moving in the same direction, interference produces a travelling wave; for oppositely moving waves, interference produces an oscillating wave fixed in space. A vibrating rope tied at one end will produce a standing wave, as shown in the Figure—>; the wave train (line B), after arriving at the fixed end of the rope, will be reflected back and superimposed on itself as another train of waves (line C) in the same plane. Because of interference between the two waves, the resultant amplitude (R) of the two waves will be the sum of their individual amplitudes. Part I of the Figure—> shows the wave trains B and C coinciding so that standing wave R has twice their amplitude. In part II, 1/8 period later, B and C have each shifted 1/8 wavelength. Part III represents the case 1/8 period still later, when the amplitudes of the component waves B and C are oppositely directed. At all times there are positions (N) along the rope, called nodes, at which there is no movement at all; there the two wave trains are always in opposition. On either side of a node is a vibrating antinode (A). The antinodes alternate in the direction of displacement so that the rope at any instant resembles a graph of the mathematical function called the sine, as represented by line R. Both longitudinal (e.g., sound) waves and transverse (e.g., water) waves can form standing waves.

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