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Aether wave

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æther wavenoun(historical, physics) a quantum of light, a photon, an electromagnetic wave -- understood as being a disturbance in the æther, a substance believed to provide the medium for light in vacuum
ethernoun(uncountable, colloquial) The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
light wavenoun(physics) An electromagnetic wave of light.
waveiclenounAlternative form of wavicle. [(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.]
matterwavenoun(physics) A travelling particle considered in terms of its wavelike properties
wavenounA moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
electromagnetic wavenoun(physics) Electromagnetic radiation, such as light and radio waves.
pilot wavenoun(physics) A theoretical matter wave that guides the motion of point particles.
wave functionnounAlternative spelling of wavefunction. [(physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.]
photonnoun(particle physics) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
wave mechanicsnoun(physics, mathematics) The mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles.
wavepacketnoun(physics) Alternative spelling of wave packet. [(physics) a collection of waves, travelling together]
waviclenoun(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
wave packetnoun(physics) a collection of waves, travelling together
undulationnounA wavy appearance or outline; waviness.
waveformnoun(physics, engineering) The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.
airy beamnoun(physics) A non-diffracting waveform that gives the appearance of curving as it travels.
wave-particlenoun(quantum mechanics) An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
plane wavenoun(physics) A constant-frequency wave whose wavefronts are infinite parallel planes of constant peak-to-peak amplitude normal to the phase velocity vector.
wave-particle dualitynoun(physics) The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously

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