Wave velocity is a wave property, which may refer to:
- phase velocity, the velocity at which a wave phase propagates at a certain frequency
- pulse wave velocity, the velocity at which a pulse travels through a medium, usually applied to arteries as a measure of arterial stiffness
- group velocity, the propagation velocity for the envelope of wave groups and often of wave energy, different from the phase velocity for dispersive waves
- signal velocity or information velocity, which is the velocity at which a wave carries information
- front velocity, the velocity at which the first rise of a pulse above zero moves forward
Famous quotes containing the word wave:
“The city is loveliest when the sweet death racket begins. Her own life lived in defiance of nature, her electricity, her frigidaires, her soundproof walls, the glint of lacquered nails, the plumes that wave across the corrugated sky. Here in the coffin depths grow the everlasting flowers sent by telegraph.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)