autowave

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noun

A self-supporting non-linear wave in active media (i.e. one of those that provide distributed energy sources).

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Meanings

nounautowave (plural autowaves)

plural autowaves

  1. A self-supporting non-linear wave in active media (i.e. one of those that provide distributed energy sources).

    In this work, we consider the case where each element is spontaneously excited at a fixed average rate and thereby initiates a new autowave.

    2015 November 12, “Emergence of Asynchronous Local Clocks in Excitable Media”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From auto- + wave.

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APA

autowave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowave

MLA

“autowave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowave. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autowave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autowave.

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