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Wave velocity

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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, the velocity at which a wave carries information
  • front velocity, the velocity at which the first rise of a pulse above zero moves forward