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

Derived forms: travelling waves

Type of: undulation, wave

Encyclopedia: Travelling wave