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   wave

   /weɪv/

   verb

   • 1. move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: "he waved to me from the train" Similar gesturegesticulatesignalsignbeckonindicatemotionnodbid
   • ▪ move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand) to and fro: "he waved a sheaf of papers in the air" Similar move to and fromove up and downwagwaggleswingshakeswishsweepswipebrandishflourishflauntwieldflickflutter
   • ▪ convey (a greeting or other message) by waving one's hand or something held in it: "we waved our farewells"
   • ▪ instruct (someone) to move in a particular direction by moving one's hand: "he waved her back"
   • 2. move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point: "the flag waved in the wind" Similar rippleflutterundulatestirflapswayswingwaftshakequiveroscillatemoveblow
   • 3. style (hair) so that it curls slightly: "her hair had been carefully waved for the evening"
   • ▪ (of hair) grow with a slight curl: "she marvelled at the blueness of his eyes, how straight his nose was, the way his hair waved" Similar curlkinkcoilundulatecrimpfrizzfrizzle

   noun

   • 1. a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore: "he was swept out to sea by a freak wave" Similar breakerbillowrollercomberripplewhite horsewhite capswellsurffrothbomborainformal:boomerkahuna
   • ▪ a ridge of water between two depressions in open water: "gulls and cormorants bobbed on the waves"
   • ▪ a shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave: "a wave of treetops stretched to the horizon"
   • ▪ the sea. literary
   • 2. a sudden occurrence of or increase in a phenomenon, feeling, or emotion: "its remarkable how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness" Similar flowrushsurgefloodstreamswelltidedelugetorrentspatebillowsurgerushripplespasmthrillfrissonshivertinglestabdartupsurgewelling upoutbreakrashfeeling
   • 3. a gesture or signal made by moving one's hand to and fro: "he gave a little wave and walked off" Similar gesturegesticulationhand movementsignalsignmotionindication
   • 4. a slightly curling lock of hair: "his hair was drying in unruly waves" Similar curlkinkcorkscrewcrimptwisttwirlringletfrizzcoilloopundulation
   • ▪ a tendency to curl in a person's hair: "her hair has a slight natural wave" Similar curlkinkcorkscrewcrimptwisttwirlringletfrizzcoilloopundulation
   • 5. a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, such as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, or sound. Similar ripplevibrationoscillationundulation
   • ▪ a single curve in the course of a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance.
   • ▪ a periodic variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum.

   Word Origin Old Englishwafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. waveless adjective
   • 2. wave-like adjective

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   What is a wave in physics?

   • A wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion. The blast wave crushed the breath from Neil, but he survived. Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel. Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency.

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   What does it mean to wave someone away?

   • If you wave someone away or wave them on, you make a movement with your hand to indicate that they should move in a particular direction. Leshka waved him away with a show of irritation. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] He waved the servants out of the tent. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]

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   What are the resulting wavepackets called?

   • The resulting (not self-generated) wavepackets are called waves of stratification. In the compressible case magnetosonic waves should also be taken into account. The moon and sun's gravitational forces mostly drive the longest waves (tides).

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   What do you mean by waves?

   • [countable] a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc. Huge waves were breaking on the shore. Surfers flocked to the beach to ride the waves. The wind made little waves on the pond. in the waves Children were playing in the waves. on the waves Seagulls bobbed on the waves.

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   How are waves characterized?

   • Waves are characterized by wavelength, frequency, and the speed at which they move. Waves are found in many forms. The motion of a wave and the motion of the medium on which the wave moves are not the same: ocean waves, for example, move toward the beach, but the water itself merely moves up and down.

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   What is wave noun?

   • Definition of wave noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [countable] a raised line of water that moves across the surface of the sea, ocean, etc. Huge waves were breaking on the shore. Surfers flocked to the beach to ride the waves. The wind made little waves on the pond. in the waves Children were playing in the waves.

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