wave train

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.

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wave train British  

noun

1. physics a series of waves travelling in the same direction and spaced at regular intervals

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wave train Scientific  

1. A succession of wave cycles moving at the same speed and typically having the same wavelength.

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Etymology

Origin of wave train

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Tuesday evening’s wave train was big enough to be seen from weather satellites in space!

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

The width of this zone thus depends on the maximum wavelength of the approaching wave train and with the slope of the seafloor.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Model of a wave train moving with dispersion.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

But as the wave train approaches the shore, each wave makes contact with the shallow seafloor, friction increases, and the wave slows down.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

This unbroken wave train does not affect the telephone and is not audible in a telephone receiver inserted in the radio receiving circuit.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Towers, Walter Kellogg