Wave

wave

verb

{bc}to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute

wave

noun

{bc}a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid (as of the sea)

Wave

noun

{bc}a member of the womenu0027s component of the U.S. Navy formed during World War II and discontinued in the 1970s

wave band

noun

{bc}a band of radio-wave frequencies

wave equation

noun

{bc}a partial differential equation of the second order whose solutions describe wave phenomena

wave front

noun

{bc}a surface composed at any instant of all the points just reached by a vibrational disturbance in its propagation through a medium

wave mechanics

noun

{bc}the mathematical description of atomic and subatomic particles in terms of their wave characteristics

wave number

noun

{bc}the number of waves per unit distance of radiant energy of a given wavelength {bc}the reciprocal of the wavelength

wave of the future

noun phrase

{bc}an idea, product, or movement that is viewed as representing forces or a trend that will inevitably prevail

wave packet

noun

{bc}a pulse of radiant energy that is the resultant of a number of wave trains of differing wavelengths