A motion of a crowd caused by its members' successively putting their arms in the air, so that those in one part of the crowd do so immediately after their immediate neighbors on one side, and the crowd looks as though a disturbance is going through it
A phenomenon that does not have mass and therefore does not occupy space Waves travel through space
A single oscillation in matter (e g , a sound wave) Waves move outward from a point of disturbance, propagate through a medium, and grow weaker as they travel father Wave motion is associated with mechanical vibration, sound, heat, light, etc
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
Refers to one of the separate channels in a data set It is an abbreviation for wavelength though the data for a wave may not correspond to that observed in a single wavelength band (for instance it could represent a difference or ratio or a different modality like DIC)
If you wave or wave your hand, you move your hand from side to side in the air, usually in order to say hello or goodbye to someone. He waved at the waiter, who rushed to the table He grinned, waved, and said, `Hi!' Elaine turned and waved her hand lazily and left. Wave is also a noun. Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand Paddy spotted Mary Ann and gave her a cheery wave
a movement like that of an ocean wave; "a wave of settlers"; "troops advancing in waves"