wave equation meaning

• Noun: wave equation  weyv i'kweyzhun
  1. A differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium

  Derived forms: wave equations

  Type of: differential equation

  Encyclopedia: Wave equation

• radial wave equation:    [Mechanics]"Soluti ...
• schrödinger wave equation:    Noun: Schrödinger ...
• equation:    Noun: equation&nbs ...

Examples

1. thus what is now called the wave equation in one spatial dimension appears for the first time.
2. alternatively, one may utilize the wave equation and appropriate boundary conditions to yield a specific solution.
3. it should be possible, however, to extract this information from the wave equation since the behavior of the particle is completely specified by it.
4. explicit solutions of regularized long wave equation
5. life span of the classical solutions to wave equation