"wave equation" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, Ralph Phillip Bording, Larry R. Lines, Seismic Modeling and Imaging with the Complete Wave Equation, SEG Books, →ISBN, page 68:",
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        "A second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves or standing wave fields."
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