Standing wave — Science definition

A stationary wave pattern of fixed nodes and antinodes formed when a wave reflects and interferes with itself, as on a guitar string.

Where it is taught

• Sound — Waves, Sound & Optics, Physics & Environmental Science, Grade 12

Taught alongside

• longitudinal wave
• pitch
• loudness
• medium
• Doppler effect
• resonance

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