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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' [[short wave]], [[Stokesian wave]].) A [[surface wave]] the length of which is less than twice the depth of the water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">When this relationship exists the following approximation is valid: <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-De9.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-De9]]</blockquote></div> where ''c'' is the [[wave velocity]], ''g'' is the [[acceleration of gravity]], and ''L'' is the [[wave length]]. Thus, the [[velocity]] of deep-water waves is independent of the depth of the water. <br/>''See'' [[shallow-water wave]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' [[short wave]], [[Stokesian wave]].) A [[surface wave]] the length of which is less than twice the depth of the water.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">When this relationship exists the following approximation is valid: <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-De9.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-De9]]</blockquote></div> where ''c'' is the [[wave velocity]], ''g'' is the [[acceleration of gravity]], and ''L'' is the [[wave length]]. Thus, the [[velocity]] of deep-water waves is independent of the depth of the water. <br/>''See'' [[shallow water wave|shallow-water wave]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:46, 25 April 2012
deep-water wave
(Also called short wave, Stokesian wave.) A surface wave the length of which is less than twice the depth of the water.
When this relationship exists the following approximation is valid: where c is the wave velocity, g is the acceleration of gravity, and L is the wave length. Thus, the velocity of deep-water waves is independent of the depth of the water.
See shallow-water wave.
See shallow-water wave.
