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    3. 波動

    波動

    波は動どう

    wave motion

    KMT10News #37+1Noun, ParticleScience & MathKanji Vocab19 strokes

    はどう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    wave motion, undulation, surge
    2.
    wave
    physics

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    音おとは空くう気き中ちゅうを波は動どうとして伝つたわります。

    Sound travels through the air as a wave.

    KMT6Science & MathCore Concepts
    彼かれの言こと葉ばは、人ひと々びとの心こころに静しずかな波は動どうを広ひろげた。

    His words spread a quiet ripple (wave) in people's hearts.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyLiterature
    光ひかりは粒りゅう子しと波は動どうの両りょう方ほうの性せい質しつを持もつことが知しられている。

    Light is known to have properties of both particles and waves.

    KMT9Science & MathTechnology
    地じ震しんの際さいに発はっ生せいする波は動どうは、P波ピーはとS波エスはに分ぶん類るいされる。

    The waves generated during an earthquake are classified into P-waves and S-waves.

    KMT9Science & MathNature & Environment
    量りょう子し力りき学がくでは、物ぶっ質しつの最さい小しょう単たん位いも波は動どうとして記き述じゅつされる。

    In quantum mechanics, even the smallest units of matter are described as waves.

    KMT10Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    波
    なみ…(5)
    waves・billows・Poland
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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