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solitary wave

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solitary wave [′säl·ə‚ter·ē ′wāv]
(physics)
A traveling wave in which a single disturbance is neither preceded by nor followed by other such disturbances, but which does not involve unusually large amplitudes or rapid changes in variables, in contrast to a shock wave.
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