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What is the difference between a standing wave and a traveling wave?
Traveling waves can travel over great distances (think ocean waves), however, the water itself shows little horizontal movement; it is the energy of the wave that is being transmitted, not the water. In a stationary wave system, (think river waves) the water is moving predominately in a horizontal fashion with significant velocity at a shallow water depth. These two different
Traveling waves can travel over great distances (think ocean waves), however, the water itself shows little horizontal movement; it is ...Continue ›