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traveling wave

n. a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave

Usage examples of "traveling wave".

The traveling wave of raw energy caught the wolf square in its chest and instantly reduced the whole animal to what must have been its various atomic particles.

Nevertheless, Gwen was up to the job, and the spare S-band Traveling Wave Tube Antenna, or “.

The heat consumed the Church troops in seconds, melting their swords and body armor, spreading out through the tunnels in a traveling wave of spontaneous combustions.