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propagation process
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Process by which a disturbance at one point is propagated to another point more remote from the source with no net transport of the material of the medium itself; examples include the motion of electromagnetic waves, sound waves, hydrodynamic waves in liquids, and vibration waves in solids.

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Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/6718