(aerodynamics) Drag resulting from shock wave formation at transonic and supersonic speeds.

simple past tense and past participle of wave off

Synonym of d'Alembert operator

plural of wave operator

The popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s.

(physics) A powerful compression wave produced by the movement of a body through a fluid or gas at a velocity greater than the local speed of sound. / Any violent disturbance.

(dated) a heat wave

(physics) A fluctuation in spacetime caused by accelerating mass, which propagates as a wave at the speed of light. / (dated, proscribed) A gravity wave.

(physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.

A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide. / (proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)