(Judaism, historical) An ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings; opposed to the heave offering, in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.

plural of wave offering

(Judaism, historical) A loaf for a wave offering.

plural of wave election

(archaic) tidal wave

(physics) An electromagnetic wave of light. / (physics, obsolete) A wave of the luminiferous ether.

A ripple on the surface of sand caused by the action of the sea

(physics) Any wave (electromagnetic, gravitational etc.) caused by transitions in a dipole

plural of wave-particle

(quantum mechanics) An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.