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beat wave

American  

noun

  1. a wave produced by the overlapping of two waves of different frequencies, resulting in a periodic variation of amplitude.

beat wave Scientific  

  1. A wave whose amplitude varies periodically, produced by the superposition of two waves of different frequencies.

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