Alternate Definitions for amplitude

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Term: amplitude
Definition:

Often the greatest magnitude at a given point of any spatially and temporally varying physical quantity governed by a wave equation; can also mean the spatial part of a time-harmonic wave function.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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