Editing Wave (section)

== See also ==
* [[Index of wave articles]]

=== Waves in general ===
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* [[Mechanical wave]], in media transmission
* [[Wave equation]], general
* [[Wave interference]], a phenomenon in which two waves superpose to form a resultant wave
* [[Wave Motion (journal)|''Wave Motion'' (journal)]], a scientific journal
* [[Wavefront]], an advancing surface of wave propagation
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==== Parameters ====
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* [[Frequency]]
* [[Phase (waves)]], offset or angle of a sinusoidal wave function at its origin
* [[Standing wave ratio]], in telecommunications
* [[Wavelength]]
* [[Wavenumber]]
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==== Waveforms ====
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* [[Creeping wave]], a wave diffracted around a sphere
* [[Evanescent field]]
* [[Longitudinal wave]]
* [[Periodic travelling wave]]
* [[Sine wave]]
* [[Square wave (waveform)|Square wave]]
* [[Standing wave]]
* [[Transverse wave]]
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=== Electromagnetic waves ===
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* [[Dyakonov surface wave]]
* [[Dyakonov–Voigt wave]]
* [[Earth–ionosphere waveguide]], in radio transmission
* [[Electromagnetic radiation]]
* [[Electromagnetic wave equation]], describes electromagnetic wave propagation
* [[Microwave]], a form of electromagnetic radiation
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=== In fluids ===
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* [[Airy wave theory]], in fluid dynamics
* [[Capillary wave]], in fluid dynamics
* [[Cnoidal wave]], in fluid dynamics
* [[Edge wave]], a surface gravity wave fixed by refraction against a rigid boundary
* [[Faraday wave]], a type of wave in liquids
* [[Gravity wave]], in fluid dynamics
* [[Internal wave]], a wave within a fluid medium
* [[Shock wave]], in aerodynamics
* Sound wave, a wave of [[sound]] through a medium such as air or water
* Tidal wave, a scientifically incorrect name for a [[tsunami]]
* [[Tollmien–Schlichting wave]], in fluid dynamics
* [[Wind wave]]
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=== In quantum mechanics ===
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* [[Bloch's theorem]]
* [[Matter wave]]
* [[Pilot wave theory]], in Bohmian mechanics
* [[Wave function]]
* [[Wave packet]]
* [[Wave–particle duality]]
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=== In relativity ===
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* [[Gravitational wave]], in relativity theory
* [[Relativistic wave equations]], wave equations that consider special relativity
* [[pp-wave spacetime]], a set of exact solutions to Einstein's field equation
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=== Other specific types of waves ===
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* [[Alfvén wave]], in plasma physics
* [[Atmospheric wave]], a periodic disturbance in the fields of atmospheric variables
* [[Fir wave]], a forest configuration
* [[Lamb waves]], in solid materials
* [[Rayleigh wave]], surface acoustic waves that travel on solids
* [[Spin wave]], in magnetism
* [[Spin density wave]], in solid materials
* [[Trojan wave packet]], in particle science
* [[Waves in plasmas]], in plasma physics
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=== Related topics ===
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* [[Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)]]
* [[Antenna (radio)]]
* [[Beat (acoustics)]]
* [[Branched flow]]
* [[Cymatics]]
* [[Diffraction]]
* [[Dispersion (water waves)]]
* [[Doppler effect]]
* [[Envelope detector]]
* [[Fourier transform]] for computing periodicity in evenly spaced data
* [[Group velocity]]
* [[Harmonic]]
* [[Huygens–Fresnel principle]]
* [[Index of wave articles]]
* [[Inertial wave]]
* [[Least-squares spectral analysis]] for computing periodicity in unevenly spaced data
* [[List of waves named after people]]
* [[Phase velocity]]
* [[Photon]]
* [[Polarization (physics)]]
* [[Propagation constant]]
* [[Radio propagation]]
* [[Ray (optics)]]
* [[Reaction–diffusion system]]
* [[Reflection (physics)]]
* [[Refraction]]
* [[Resonance]]
* [[Ripple tank]]
* [[Rogue wave]]
* [[Scattering]]
* [[Shallow water equations]]
* [[John N. Shive#Shive wave machine|Shive wave machine]]
* [[Sound]]
* [[Standing wave]]
* [[Transmission medium]]
* [[Velocity factor]]
* [[Wave equation]]
* [[Wave power]]
* [[Wave turbulence]]
* [[Wind wave]]
* [[Wind wave#Formation]]
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