wave equation

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   a differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium

   Broaderdifferential equation

Questions about wave equation

What does wave equation mean?

wave equation means "a differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium".

Is wave equation a common word?

wave equation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.