waves Definition

to motion with the hands or with something held in them in signal or salute

to float, play, or shake in an air current : move loosely to and fro : flutter

to move in waves : heave

a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid (as of the sea)

open water

a shape or outline having successive curves

a member of the women's component of the U.S. Navy formed during World War II and discontinued in the 1970s

an electrical rhythm of the brain with a frequency of approximately 8 to 13 cycles per second that is often associated with a state of wakeful relaxation —called also alpha, alpha rhythm

an electrical rhythm of the brain with a frequency of 13 to 30 cycles per second that is associated with normal conscious waking experience —called also beta, beta rhythm

brainstorm

rhythmic fluctuations of voltage between parts of the brain resulting in the flow of an electric current

a current produced by brain waves

an unusually large and rapid drop in temperature over a short period of time (such as 24 hours)

a permanent wave set by a chemical preparation without the use of heat

a longitudinal wave (such as a sound wave) propagated by the elastic compression of the medium —called also compression wave

a high amplitude electrical rhythm of the brain with a frequency of less than four cycles per second that occurs especially in slow-wave sleep, in infancy, and in many diseased conditions of the brain —called also delta, delta rhythm

one of the waves that are propagated by simultaneous periodic variations of electric and magnetic field intensity and that include radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays