(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
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Sine wave
a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
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(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; "the explosion created a shock wave"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.the motion made by flapping up and down
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.the motion made by flapping up and down
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.the motion made by flapping up and down
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.the motion made by flapping up and down
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Sociology, Social change.(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…
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An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarith…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptote…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: wave, waveform, resembles, sine, curve.
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