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 |
| full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
| half-length | a portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| length | a section of something that is long and narrow, a length of timber, a length of tubing |
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 |
duration
length | continuance in time, the ceremony was of short duration, he complained about the length of time required |
longevity
length of service | duration of service, her longevity as a star, had unusual longevity in the company |
focal distance
focal length | the distance from a lens to its focus |
| length | the linear extent in space from one end to the other, the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place, the length of the table was feet |
| distance length | size of the gap between two places, the distance from New York to Chicago, he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points |
| arm's length | a distance sufficient to exclude intimacy |
| length | the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end, the editor limited the length of my article to words |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
| tidal wave | an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon, a tidal wave of nausea, the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave, a tidal wave of crime |
roller
roll rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
| wave moving ridge | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| wave | something that rises rapidly, a wave of emotion swept over him, there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed, a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right |
| wave train | a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals |
avant-garde
vanguard van new wave | any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts) |
New Wave
Nouvelle Vague | an art movement in French cinema in the s |
wave front
wavefront | (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium |
| Wave | 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 |
alpha rhythm
alpha wave | the normal brainwave in the electroencephalogram of a person who is awake but relaxed, occurs with a frequency of - hertz |
beta rhythm
beta wave | the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert, occurs with a frequency between andhertz |
brainwave
brain wave
cortical potential | (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph |
| cold wave | a wave of unusually cold weather |
delta rhythm
delta wave | the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person in deep dreamless sleep, occurs with high voltage and low frequency ( to hertz) |