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A standing wave is a wave that stays in one place rather than traveling from one location to another, creating a pattern of peaks and valleys that don't move along a surface or through space. Standing waves matter because they occur in many practical situations, from the vibrations of musical instrument strings to the behavior of light in optical devices, making them important for understanding how these systems work.
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Animation of a standing wave (red) created by the superposition of a left traveling (blue) and right traveling (green) wave
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space. The peak amplitude of the wave oscillations at any point in space is constant with respect to time, and the oscillations at different points throughout the wave are in phase. The locations at which the absolute value of the amplitude is minimum are called nodes, and the locations where the absolute value of the amplitude is maximum are called antinodes.