overshoot wave-off go-around | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt |
wave | a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon, a wave of settlers, troops advancing in waves |
eubacteria eubacterium true bacteria | a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls, motile types have flagella |
sparrow true sparrow | any of several small dullolored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
Old World flycatcher true flycatcher flycatcher | any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
Old World warbler true warbler | small active brownish or greyish Old World birds |
true frog ranid | insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs |
true toad | tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin |
true lobster | large edible marine crustaceans having large pincers on the first pair of legs |
earless seal true seal hair seal | any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers |
cat true cat | feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats, wildcats |
vampire bat true vampire bat | any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood |
true bug | any of various insects of the order Hemiptera and especially of the suborder Heteroptera |
true marmoset | a marmoset |
fisherman's knot true lover's knot truelove knot | a knot for tying the ends of two lines together |
full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
inverter | an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current |
love knot lovers' knot lover's knot true lovers' knot true lover's knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love |
waveguide wave guide | a hollow metal conductor that provides a path to guide microwaves, used in radar |
duality wave-particle duality | (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory |
true | proper alignment, the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment, out of true |
wave | a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair |
finger wave | a wave made with the fingers |
permanent wave permanent perm | a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals |
true vocal cord true vocal fold inferior vocal cord inferior vocal fold | either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis, produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air from the lungs passes between them |
true rib | one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum |
rima glottidis rima vocalis true glottis glottis vera | the space between the two true vocal folds |
essential condition sine qua non | a prerequisite |
wave theory undulatory theory wave theory of light | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves |
wave mechanics | the modern form of quantum theory, an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation, atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves |
Schrodinger equation Schrodinger wave equation | the fundamental equation of wave mechanics |
wave equation | a differential equation that describes the passage of harmonic waves through a medium |
truth true statement | a true statement, he told the truth, he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it |
Latino sine flexione | Latino without inflectional morphology |
true bill | an indictment endorsed by a grand jury |
wave waving wafture | the act of signaling by a movement of the hand |
crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
gravity wave gravitation wave | (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light |
sine wave | a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve |
wave undulation | (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth |
soliton soliton wave solitary wave | (physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance, does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate, soliton waves can travel long distances with little loss of energy or structure |
standing wave stationary wave | a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time |
traveling wave travelling wave | a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave |
sound wave acoustic wave | (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound |
air wave | a sound wave that is transmitted via air |
wave form waveform wave shape | the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time |
shock wave blast wave | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity, the explosion created a shock wave |
swell crestless wave | the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea |
tidal wave | a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun |
tidal wave | an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide |