Antinode

An antinode is a position of maximum oscillation amplitude in a standing wave. For $u_n=A\sin (n\pi x/L)\cos ({\omega }_{n}t+\phi )$, the antinodes occur atwhere the amplitude is $|A|$. They sit halfway between consecutive nodes of a standing wave. For the first normal mode, the sole antinode is $x=L/2$. It reaches zero displacement at a quarter oscillation period while moving fastest, which illustrates why an antinode is defined by oscillation amplitude rather than instantaneous height.