travelling wave
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A helical structure on the underside of the sheet rotates like a corkscrew to cause the carpet to undulate and create a travelling wave on the water.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
“That will be the first wave. And the travelling wave will tend to come a little bit later, once people see what the scenario is like,” Turner added.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2021
Light is an example of a travelling wave.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
My youngster was pulling with his hat off, and I saw him now and then, as the boat swooped upward, and hung almost perpendicularly on the striped side of a travelling wave.
From The Romance of the Coast by Runciman, James
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