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 |
shock therapy shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
insulin shock insulin shock therapy insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock metrazol shock therapy metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
electric shock electrical shock shock | a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body, subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response, electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks |
electric shock | the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture, they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks |
shock impact | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat, the armies met in the shock of battle |
full-wave rectifier | rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave |
shock absorber shock cushion | a mechanical damper, absorbs energy of sudden impulses, the old car needed a new set of shocks |
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 |
culture shock | a condition of disorientation affecting someone who is suddenly exposed to an unfamiliar culture or way of life or set of attitudes |
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 |
shock blow | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise, it came as a shock to learn that he was injured |
crime wave | a sudden rise in the crime rate |
jolt jar jounce shock | a sudden jarring impact, the door closed with a jolt, all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers |
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 |
shock seismic disturbance | an instance of agitation of the earth's crust, the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch |
daze shock stupor | the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally, his mother's death left him in a daze, he was numb with shock |
shock | a bushy thick mass (especially hair), he had an unruly shock of black hair |
shock | a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry, stalks of Indian corn set up in a field, corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks, whole fields of wheat in shock |
shock troops | soldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assault |
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 |