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SOLITON WAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soliton wave mean? 

SOLITON WAVE (noun)
  The noun SOLITON WAVE has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipateplay

  Familiarity information: SOLITON WAVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOLITON WAVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

solitary wave; soliton; soliton wave

Context example:

soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure

Hypernyms ("soliton wave" is a kind of...):

traveling wave; travelling wave (a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)


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