"wave equation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wave equations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wave equation (plural wave equations)
  1. A second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics Translations (Translations): Wellengleichung [feminine] (German), hullámegyenlet (Hungarian)

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