List of wave topics

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This is a list of wave topics, by Wikipedia page.

Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] 0-9

  • 21 cm line

[edit] A

  • Abbe prism
  • Airy disc
  • Alfvén wave
  • amphidromic point
  • amplitude
  • amplitude modulation
  • analog sound vs. digital sound
  • atmospheric diffraction
  • atmospheric wave
  • atmospheric waveguide
  • audience wave

[edit] B

  • Babinet's principle
  • bandwidth limited pulse
  • beat
  • Berry phase
  • Bloch wave
  • blueshift
  • Brillouin scattering

[edit] C

  • carrier wave
  • chirp
  • circular polarization
  • closed waveguide
  • coherence (physics)
  • coherence length
  • collimated light
  • Compton effect
  • continuous wave
  • cutoff wavelength

[edit] D

  • decollimation
  • delta waves
  • dielectric waveguide
  • diffraction
  • dispersion (optics)
  • dispersion relation
  • dominant wavelength
  • Doppler effect
  • Doppler radar

[edit] E

  • E-skip
  • echo (phenomenon)
  • electromagnetic wave
  • electromagnetic wave cut-off
  • Elliott wave
  • elliptical polarization
  • evanescent wave

[edit] F

  • F wave
  • frequency
  • frequency modulation
  • fundamental frequency

[edit] G

  • Gaussian beam
  • geometric optics
  • gravity wave
  • groundwave
  • group delay
  • group velocity

[edit] H

  • harmonic
  • holography
  • Huygens' principle

[edit] I

  • in phase
  • interferometry
  • inverse scattering

[edit] K

  • knife-edge effect

[edit] L

  • linear elasticity
  • linear polarization
  • longitudinal wave
  • longwave

[edit] M

  • Mach wave
  • Mach-Zender interferometer
  • mediumwave
  • megatsunami
  • microwave
  • microwave auditory effect
  • microwave oven
  • microwave plasma
  • microwaving
  • Mie scattering
  • Millimeter Cloud Radar
  • monochromator
  • multipath propagation

[edit] O

  • optical waveguide
  • out of phase
  • overtone

[edit] P

  • phase (waves)
  • phase difference
  • phase inversion
  • phase modulation
  • phase velocity
  • plane wave
  • polarization
  • pressure wave
  • pulse-density modulation

[edit] Q

  • quadrature
  • quadrature amplitude modulation
  • quantum optics
  • quantum tunneling

[edit] R

  • radar
  • radar astronomy
  • Radar gun
  • radio propagation
  • radio waves
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • Rayleigh-Jeans law
  • redshift
  • reflection coefficient
  • relativistic Doppler effect
  • ring modulation
  • ring wave guide
  • ripple tank
  • Rossby wave

[edit] S

  • sample (signal)
  • sawtooth wave
  • Seiche
  • seismic wave
  • seismograph
  • seismology
  • Sellmeier equation
  • shock wave
  • shortwave
  • sine wave
  • single-sideband modulation
  • skywave
  • soliton
  • sonar
  • square wave
  • standing wave
  • standing wave ratio
  • surface-wave-sustained mode
  • surfing
  • Synthetic aperture radar

[edit] T

[edit] U

  • ultraviolet catastrophe
  • Underwater wave

[edit] V

  • vestigial-sideband modulation
  • voltage standing wave ratio

[edit] W

  • wave drag
  • wave equation
  • wave front
  • wave model
  • wave period
  • waveform
  • waveform monitor
  • waveguide
  • wavenumber
  • wavenumber-frequency diagram
  • waverider
  • wave velocity
  • wave-particle duality
  • wavefunction
  • wavefunction collapse
  • wavelength
  • wavelength-division multiplexing
  • Wien's law

[edit] X

  • X-band radar

[edit] Z

  • zero-dispersion slope
  • zero-dispersion wavelength
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