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  2. Sinusoidal plane wave - Wikipedia

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    The same sinusoidal plane wave above can also be expressed in terms of sine instead of cosine using the elementary identity ⁡ = ⁡ (+ /) (,) = ⁡ ((^) + ′) where ′ = + /.Thus the value and meaning of the phase shift depends on whether the wave is defined in terms of sine or co-sine.

  3. Sine wave - Wikipedia

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    Tracing the y component of a circle while going around the circle results in a sine wave (red). Tracing the x component results in a cosine wave (blue). Both waves are sinusoids of the same frequency but different phases. A sine wave, sinusoidal wave, or sinusoid (symbol: ∿) is a periodic wave whose waveform (shape) is the trigonometric sine ...

  4. Plane wave - Wikipedia

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    The term is also used, even more specifically, to mean a "monochromatic" or sinusoidal plane wave: a travelling plane wave whose profile () is a sinusoidal function. That is, (,) = ⁡ (() +) The parameter , which may be a scalar or a vector, is called the amplitude of the wave; the scalar coefficient is its "spatial frequency"; and the scalar is its "phase shift".

  5. List of curves - Wikipedia

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    Plane curves of degree 2 are known as conics or conic sections and ... Sinusoidal spiral; Superellipse; ... a quasi-helical shape characterized by multiple tendril ...

  6. Wave - Wikipedia

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    A plane wave is an important mathematical idealization where the disturbance is identical along any (infinite) plane normal to a specific direction of travel. Mathematically, the simplest wave is a sinusoidal plane wave in which at any point the field experiences simple harmonic motion at one frequency.

  7. Wavefront - Wikipedia

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    For a sinusoidal spherical wave, the wavefronts are spherical surfaces that expand with it. If the speed of propagation is different at different points of a wavefront, the shape and/or orientation of the wavefronts may change by refraction. In particular, lenses can change the shape of optical wavefronts from planar to spherical, or vice versa.

  8. Gallery of curves - Wikipedia

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    Sinusoidal spiral. Superellipse. Transcendental curves. Bowditch curve ... Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves This page was last edited on 24 July 2024, at 01: ...

  9. Conoid - Wikipedia

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    (1) All rulings are parallel to a plane, the directrix plane. (2) All rulings intersect a fixed line, the axis. The conoid is a right conoid if its axis is perpendicular to its directrix plane. Hence all rulings are perpendicular to the axis. Because of (1) any conoid is a Catalan surface and can be represented parametrically by