wave
— Noun
– English
~ something that rises rapidly; "a wave of emotion swept over him"; "there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed"; "a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right"
wave form
— Noun
– English
~ the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time
wave number
— Noun
– English
~ the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave
wave
— Verb
– English
~ move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
wave
— Verb
– English
~ signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"
wave off
— Verb
– English
~ dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"
wave
— Verb
– English
~ set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
wave
— Verb
– English
~ twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
wave
— Verb
– English
~ move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
waveband
— Noun
– English
~ a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals)
waveform
— Noun
– English
~ the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time
wavefront
— Noun
– English
~ (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
waveguide
— Noun
– English
~ a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves; used in radar
wavelength
— Noun
– English
~ a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding; "they are on the same wavelength"
wavelength
— Noun
– English
~ the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
wavelet
— Noun
– English
~ a small wave on the surface of a liquid
wavelike
— Adjective
– English
~ uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
wavell
— Noun
– English
~ British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
waver
— Noun
– English
~ the act of moving back and forth
waver
— Noun
– English
~ someone who communicates by waving