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group velocity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سرعة الزمرة — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Armenian: խմբային արագություն (xmbayin aragutʻyun) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Belarusian: групавая скорасць (hrupavaja skórascʹ) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Catalan: velocitat de grup — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 群速度 (qúnsùdù) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Czech: grupová rychlost — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Esperanto: grupa rapido — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Finnish: ryhmänopeus — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Georgian: ჯგუფური სიჩქარე (ǯgupuri sičkare) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • German: Gruppengeschwindigkeit — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Hebrew: מהירות חבורה — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Hungarian: csoportsebesség — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Italian: velocità di gruppo — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Japanese: 群速度 (gunsokudo) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Kazakh: топтық жылдамдық (toptyq jyldamdyq) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Korean: 군속도 (gunsokdo) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Lithuanian: grupinis greitis — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Macedonian: групна брзина (grupna brzina) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Norwegian: gruppefart — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Persian: سرعت گروه — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Polish: prędkość grupowa — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Russian: группова́я ско́рость (gruppovája skórostʹ) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Slovene: skupinska hitrost — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Spanish: velocidad de grupo — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Swedish: grupphastighet — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Turkish: grup hızı — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Ukrainian: групова́ шви́дкість (hrupová švýdkistʹ) — propagation velocity of a wave envelope
  • Vietnamese: vận tốc nhóm — propagation velocity of a wave envelope