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Noun: traveling wave
Usage: US (elsewhere: travelling wave)
  1. A wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
    "The traveling wave moved energy through the system";
    - travelling wave [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: traveling waves

Type of: undulation, wave

Encyclopedia: Traveling wave