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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A differential or partial differential equation used to represent wave motion.
  • noun The fundamental equation of wave mechanics.

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  • noun a differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium

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