Andy Michner spun on his first qualifying attempt, but did not make any contact.He waved off his second attempt after being too slow.Rain was entering the area, and threatened to wash out the rest of the day.…
She waved her hand at him as they came up.Cited from Legacy, by James H Schmitz
When not in use, the tea cup is placed back in the tea saucer and held in one's lap or at waist height.In either event, the tea cup should never be held or waved in the air.Fingers should be curled inwards, no finger should extend away from the handle of the cup.…
When the source of the waves is moving toward the observer, each successive wave crest is emitted from a position closer to the observer than the previous wave.Therefore, each wave takes slightly less time to reach the observer than the previous wave.Hence, the time between the arrival of successive wave crests at the observer is reduced, causing an increase in the frequency.…
As we sailed in through an intricate passage, under the guidance of Mr Bent, we saw people collecting on the beach.He stood up and waved to them with his daughter resting on his arm.…Cited from The Cruise of the Mary Rose, by William H. G. Kingston
The buggy drove up to the door, she was helped in, and her wraps tucked about her.They all stood together and waved good-by to her as she drove out of the yard.She waved back, but she scarcely saw them.…Cited from Hillsboro People, by Dorothy Canfield
John was about to speak again when Captain Charlie, coming from the house with their lunch basket in his hand, announced that he was ready, and the two men started on their way.Standing at the gate, Mary waved good-by as her brother turned to look back.Even when the automobile had finally passed from sight she stood there, still looking in the direction it had gone.…Cited from Helen of the Old House, by Harold Bell Wright
Standing waves are also observed in physical media such as strings and columns of air.Any waves traveling along the medium will reflect back when they reach the end.This effect is most noticeable in musical instruments where, at various multiples of a vibrating string or air column's natural frequency, a standing wave is created, allowing harmonics to be identified.…
The animators wanted him to have elbows, but realized this was unrealistic because he is only designed to pull garbage into his body.His arms also looked flimsy when they did a test of him waving.Animation director Angus MacLane suggested they attach his arms to a track on the sides of his body to move them around, based on the inkjet printers his father designed.…
Barred by a court injunction from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania the next year, Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland team, where he played and managed for many years.The war between the American and National caused shock waves throughout the baseball world.At a meeting at the Leland Hotel in Chicago in 1901, the other baseball leagues negotiated a plan to maintain their independence.…
He turned away and waved the men into their sand cars.Cited from Planet of the Damned, by Harry Harrison
In a chapter of The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, von Neumann deeply analyzed the so-called measurement problem.He concluded that the entire physical universe could be made subject to the universal wave function.Since something "outside the calculation" was needed to collapse the wave function, von Neumann concluded that the collapse was caused by the consciousness of the experimenter (although this view was accepted by Eugene Wigner, it never gained acceptance amongst the majority of physicists).…
Einstein concluded that each wave of frequency f is associated with a collection of photons with energy hf each, where h is Planck's constant.He does not say much more, because he is not sure how the particles are related to the wave.But he does suggest that this idea would explain certain experimental results, notably the photoelectric effect.…
In many small boats, weight too far aft can cause drag by submerging the transom, especially in light to moderate winds.Weight too far forward can cause the bow to dig into the waves.In heavy winds, a boat with its bow too low may capsize by pitching forward over its bow (pitch-pole) or dive under the waves (submarine).…
Wave sets were released covering the first through fourth seasons.Each "wave" was three VHS tapes, each containing two episodes, for a total of six episodes per wave and two waves per season.…
It is often washed over by large storm waves, particularly in winter.There is a small ledge of, known as Hall's Ledge, from the summit on the rock's western face.…
I had a white handkerchief in my pocket, although it was rolled into a ball by the wet.I pulled it out, and waved it above my head as high as I could reach.Even now we might have attracted the attention of those on board the stranger, although we could distinguish no signal made to us in return.…Cited from Peter Trawl, by W. H. G. Kingston
The concept of refractive index is widely used within the full electromagnetic spectrum, from x-rays to radio waves.It can also be used with wave phenomena such as sound.In this case the speed of sound is used instead of that of light and a reference medium other than vacuum must be chosen.…
Physical optics is a more comprehensive model of light, which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference that cannot be accounted for in geometric optics.Historically, the ray-based model of light was developed first, followed by the wave model of light.Progress in electromagnetic theory in the 19th century led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation.…
We just carried on doing what we had been doing.I didn't like most of the new bands or the flag-waving.…
nounOne of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
nounA movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon →
a wave of settlers,
troops advancing in waves
noun(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
nounSomething 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
nounThe act of signaling by a movement of the hand
nounA hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
nounAn undulating curve
nounA persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures) →
a heat wave
nounA member of the women's reserve of the united states navy; originally organized during world war ii but now no longer a separate branch
verbSet waves in →
she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
