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Re: [Phys-L] definition of "wave"



How about: A wave is the oscillations in both time and space of something that varies in an oscillatory manner in both time and space AND any superposition of waves is also a wave. (The first part, before the AND, has been stated much more completely and elegantly in this thread already; it’s the second part that, I think, addresses the "waves are not always repetitive/oscillatory" issue.