[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wave \wave\, n. from wave, v.; not the same word as oe. wawe,
   waghe, a wave, which is akin to e. wag to move. root138.
   see wave, v. i.
   1913 webster
   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.
      1913 webster

            the wave behind impels the wave before. --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. physics a vibration propagated from particle to particle
      through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission
      of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all
      phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of
      vibration; an undulation. see undulation.
      1913 webster

   3. water; a body of water. poetic "deep drank lord marmion
      of the wave." --sir w. scott.
      1913 webster

            build a ship to save thee from the flood,
            i 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine.
                                                  --chapman.
      1913 webster

   4. unevenness; inequality of surface. --sir i. newton.
      1913 webster

   5. a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the
      hand, a flag, etc.
      1913 webster

   6. the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered,
      or calendered, or on damask steel.
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   7. 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;
      waves of applause.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   wave front physics, the surface of initial displacement
      of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration
      advances.

   wave length physics, the space, reckoned in the direction
      of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation,
      as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or
      phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same
      phase occurs.

   wave line shipbuilding, a line of a vessel's hull, shaped
      in accordance with the wave-line system.

   wave-line system, wave-line theory shipbuilding, a
      system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which
      takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave
      which travels at a certain speed.

   wave loaf, a loaf for a wave offering. --lev. viii. 27.

   wave moth zool., any one of numerous species of small
      geometrid moths belonging to acidalia and allied genera;
      -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the
      wings.

   wave offering, an offering made in the jewish services by
      waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four
      cardinal points. --num. xviii. 11.

   wave of vibration physics, a wave which consists in, or
      is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a
      vibratory state from particle to particle through a body.
      

   wave surface.
      a physics a surface of simultaneous and equal
          displacement of the particles composing a wave of
          vibration.
      b geom. a mathematical surface of the fourth order
          which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave
          surface of light in the interior of crystals. it is
          used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction.
          see under refraction.

   wave theory. physics see undulatory theory, under
      undulatory.
      1913 webster
see also:
wave undulation wave front wave length wave line wave-line system 
wave-line theory wave loaf wave moth acidalia wave offering 
wave of vibration wave surface refraction wave theory undulatory theory 
undulatory 

Wave >> W Words
Wave, definition of term: Wave
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Vibration >> V Words
Vibration, definition of term: Vibration
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Wave Form >> W Words
Wave Form, definition of term: Wave Form
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Wave Guide >> W Words
Wave Guide, definition of term: Wave Guide
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Wave Train >> W Words
Wave Train, definition of term: Wave Train
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Wave Theory >> W Words
Wave Theory, definition of term: Wave Theory
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Wave Length >> W Words
Wave Length, definition of term: Wave Length
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Theta Wave >> T Words
Theta Wave, definition of term: Theta Wave
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Tidal Wave >> T Words
Tidal Wave, definition of term: Tidal Wave
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Sound Wave >> S Words
Sound Wave, definition of term: Sound Wave
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