"wave packet" meaning in English

See wave packet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: wave packets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wave packet (plural wave packets)
  1. (physics) a collection of waves, travelling together Categories (topical): Physics Translations (collection of waves): aaltopaketti (Finnish), paquet d’onde [masculine] (French), Wellenpaket [neuter] (German), 波束 (hasoku) (alt: はそく) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-wave_packet-en-noun-ztmghPek Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'collection of waves': 90 10
  2. (physics) a probability wave Categories (topical): Physics Translations (probability wave): aaltopaketti (Finnish), paquet d’onde [masculine] (French), Wellenpaket [neuter] (German), 波束 (hasoku) (alt: はそく) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-wave_packet-en-noun-OkGnpplZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'probability wave': 5 95

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