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phase velocity

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The velocity of propagation of a pure sine wave of infinite extent and infinitesimal amplitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سرعة الطور — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Armenian: փուլային արագություն (pʻulayin aragutʻyun) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Belarusian: фазавая скорасць (fazavaja skórascʹ) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Catalan: velocitat de fase — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相速度 (xiàngsùdù) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Czech: fázová rychlost — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Dutch: voortplantingssnelheid — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Estonian: laine levimiskiirus — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Finnish: vaihenopeus — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • French: vitesse d'une onde — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Galician: velocidade de fase — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • German: Phasengeschwindigkeit — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Hebrew: מהירות פאזה — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Italian: velocità di fase — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Japanese: 位相速度 (isō sokudo) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Kazakh: фазалық жылдамдық (fazalyq jyldamdyq) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Korean: 위상속도 (wisangsokdo) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Lithuanian: fazinis greitis — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Macedonian: фазна брзина (fazna brzina) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Norwegian: fasefart — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Persian: سرعت فاز — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Polish: prędkość fazowa — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Portuguese: velocidade de fase — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Slovene: fazna hitrost — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Spanish: velocidad de fase — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Swedish: våghastighet — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Turkish: faz hızı — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Ukrainian: фазова швидкість (fazova švydkistʹ) — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave
  • Vietnamese: vận tốc pha — propagation velocity of a pure sine wave