A wave for which gravity is the restoring force. / (proscribed) A gravitational wave.

Synonym of rogue wave

The wave that forms at the bow of a ship as it moves through the water, and defines the outer limits of the ship's wake.

A swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, reasonably large waves, similar to the ocean's.

A kind of non-sinusoidal waveform that is similar to a square wave but lacks the perfectly symmetrical shape.

plural of wave pool

(physics, mathematics) A vector whose direction is that of the direction of propagation of a wave, and whose magnitude is inversely proportional to its wavelength

(nautical, surfing) An unexpected, dangerously large wave.

A wave that is shoaling, and shallow when it hits land.

(physics) A kind of surface acoustic wave that travels on solids.