Look up: wave

1. Wave
   Sinuous moulding.
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2. Wave
   Wave is slang for phencyclidine.
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3. Wave
   (1) An oscillatory movement in a body of water manifested by an alternate rise and fall of the surface. (2) A disturbance of the surface of a liquid body, as the ocean, in the form of a ridge, swell or hump. (3) The term wave by itself usually refers to the term SURFACE GRAVITY WAVE (PROGRESSIVE). See also CAPILLARY WAVE, GRAVITY WAVE, PROGRESSIVE WAVE, STANDING WAVE, TIDE WAVE, TSUNAMI. See Figure 10.
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4. wave
   [n] - an undulating curve 2. [n] - something that rises rapidly and dies away 3. [n] - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) 4. [n] - (physics) a progressive disturbance propagated without displacement of the medium itself 5. [n] - the act of signaling by a movement of the hand 6. [n] - a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair 7. [n] - a movement like that of an ocean wave 8. [v] - set waves in
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5. Wave
   The most widely used format for sound files on Windows systems (.wav).
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6. Wave
   A continuous fluctuation in the amplitude of a quantity with respect to time.
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7. Wave
   All sound moves as a wave, and the graphic description of a sound is known as a waveform, its shape determined by the levels (amplitudes) of the Fundamental Frequency, and (unless the wave is a pure Sine Wave) the harmonics which follow.
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8. Wave
   The movement of energy from one place to another without any accompanying matter.Sound waves, ocean waves and electromagnetic waves are some of the examples; other, more complicated types of waves can spread in plasmas.All waves have 4 basic properties which they exhibit; Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction and Interference.Famous Quotes:"An ocean …
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9. wave
   An oscillating motion that moves outward from the source of some disturbance (ripples running away from a pebble tossed in a pond). Waves transmit the energy of the disturbance away from its source.
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10. wave
    A signal which propagates through space, much like a water wave moves through water.
    Found on http://www.shodor.org/UNChem/glossary.ht
    
    
11. WAVE
    (language, robotics) A robotics language. ["WAVE: A Model-Based Language for Manipulator Control", R.P. Paul, Ind Robot 4(1):10-17, 1979]. (1996-09-08)
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12. WAVE
    World Association of Veterinary Educators. Association mondiale des enseignants vétérinaires. West-Gesellschaft der Tierdrzliehen Ausbilder. Asociation Mundial de los Profesores Veterinaries.
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13. wave
    1.A disturbance which moves through or over the surface of the medium (here: the ocean) with speed dependant upon the properties of the medium.2.A ridge, deformation or undulation of the surface of a liquid Category: Electrical engineering and energy • disturbance on the surface of the sea caused by local winds, and represented numerically by the Douglas scale Category: Management i…
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14. Wave
    Definition (keystage 3) A way of passing energy through a substance by passing vibrations from one particle to the next; the overall positions of the particles don't necessarily change; they just vibrate.
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15. Wave
    Wave (wāv) transitive verb See Waive . Sir H. Wotton. Burke.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/16
    
    
16. Wave
    Wave intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Waved (wāvd); present participle & verbal noun Waving .] [ Middle English waven , Anglo-Saxon wafian to waver, to hesitate, to wonder; akin to wæfre wavering, restless, Middle High German wabern to be in motion, Icelandic vafra to hover abo …
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17. Wave
    Wave transitive verb 1. To move one way and the other; to brandish. "[ Æneas] waved his fatal sword." Dryden. 2. To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to. « Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea.» Shak. 3. To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne. …
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18. Wave
    Wave noun [ From Wave , v. ; not the same word as Middle English wawe , waghe , a wave, which is akin to English wag to move. √136. See Wave , intransitive verb ] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing i …
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19. Wave
    Wave noun Something resembling or likened to a water wave, as in rising unusually high, in being of unusual extent, or in progressive motion; a swelling or excitement, as of feeling or energy; a tide; flood; period of intensity, usual activity, or the like; as, a wave of enthusiasm.
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20. wave
    1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. "The wave behind impels the wave before." (Pope) ... 2. <physics> A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or ela …
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21. wave
    undulation noun (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
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22. wave
    noun a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
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23. wave
    undulation noun an undulating curve
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24. Wave
    noun a member of the women`s reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
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25. wave
    noun a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); `a heat wave`
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