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 |
generation multiplication propagation | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
silkworm seed | eggs of a silkworm |
seed oyster | a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation |
seed shrimp mussel shrimp ostracod | tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell |
seed beetle seed weevil | a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes |
full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
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 |
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 |
semen seed seminal fluid ejaculate cum come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
source seed germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
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 |
propagation extension | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
seed catalog seed catalogue | a list advertising seeds and their prices |
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 |
seedcake seed cake | a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon |
sunflower oil sunflower-seed oil | oil from sunflower seeds |
caraway seed bread | bread containing caraway seeds |
edible seed | many are used as seasoning |
pumpkin seed | the edible seed of a pumpkin |
sunflower seed | edible seed of sunflowers, used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil |
canary seed | a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds |
cumin cumin seed | aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family |
coriander coriander seed | dried coriander seeds used whole or ground |
fennel seed | aromatic anis-scented seeds |