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Wave , wave / wāv/ • v. 1. [intr.] move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal: he waved to me from the train. ∎ [tr.] move (one's hand or arm, or… Standing Wave , standing wave Type of wave in which the surface oscillates vertically between fixed points called ‘nodes’, without any forward progression. The crest… Shock Wave , shock wave • n. a sharp change of pressure in a narrow region traveling through a medium, esp. air, caused by explosion or by a body moving faster th… Interference , CONCEPT
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