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Wave , wave / wāv/ • v. 1. [intr.] move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: he waved to me from the train. ∎ [tr.] move (one's hand or arm, or… Shock Wave , shock wave • n. a sharp change of pressure in a narrow region traveling through a medium, esp. air, caused by explosion or by a body moving faster th… Tidal Wave , tid·al wave • n. an exceptionally large ocean wave, esp. one caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption (used as a nontechnical term for… breaker , breaker •acre, baker, breaker, Chandrasekhar, faker, forsaker, Jamaica, Laker, maker, nacre, partaker, Quaker, raker, saker, shaker, staker, taker, u… Interference , CONCEPT
When two or more waves interact and combine, they interfere with one another. But interference is not necessarily bad: waves may interfere co… Ocean Wave , ocean wave Disturbance of the ocean's surface, seen as an alternate rise and fall of the surface. Ocean waves are of several types: (a) wind-generate…
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