Physical science

• Airy wave theory
  Airy wave theory
  In fluid dynamics, Airy wave theory gives a linearised description of the propagation of gravity waves on the surface of a homogeneous fluid layer. The theory assumes that the fluid layer has a uniform mean depth, and that the fluid flow is inviscid, incompressible and irrotational...
  
  , fluid dynamics
• Alfvén wave
  Alfvén wave
  An Alfvén wave, named after Hannes Alfvén, is a type of magnetohydrodynamic wave.-Definition:An Alfvén wave in a plasma is a low-frequency travelling oscillation of the ions and the magnetic field...
  
  , particle science
• Capillary wave
  Capillary wave
  A capillary wave is a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid, whose dynamics are dominated by the effects of surface tension.Capillary waves are common in nature and the home, and are often referred to as ripples...
  
  , fluid dynamics
• Cnoidal wave
  Cnoidal wave
  In fluid dynamics, a cnoidal wave is a nonlinear and exact periodic wave solution of the Korteweg–de Vries equation. These solutions are in terms of the Jacobi elliptic function cn, which is why they are coined cnoidal waves...
  
  , fluid dynamics
• Creeping wave
  Creeping wave
  According to the principle of diffraction, when a wave front passes an obstruction, it spreads out into the shadowed space. A creeping wave, in electromagnetism or acoustics is the wave that is diffracted around the shadowed surface of a smooth body such as a sphere.Creeping waves greatly extend...
  
  , a wave diffracted around a sphere
• Faraday wave
  Faraday wave
  Faraday waves, also known as Faraday ripples, named after Michael Faraday, are nonlinear standing waves that appear on liquids enclosed by a vibrating receptacle. When the vibration frequency exceeds a critical value, the flat hydrostatic surface becomes unstable. This is known as the Faraday...
  
  , a type of wave in liquids
• Gravitational wave
  Gravitational wave
  In physics, gravitational waves are theoretical ripples in the curvature of spacetime which propagates as a wave, traveling outward from the source. Predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general relativity, gravitational waves theoretically transport energy as...
  
  , relativity theory
• Internal wave
  Internal wave
  Internal waves are gravity waves that oscillate within, rather than on the surface of, a fluid medium. They are one of many types of wave motion in stratified fluids . A simple example is a wave propagating on the interface between two fluids of different densities, such as oil and water...
  
  , wave within a fluid medium
• Lamb waves
  Lamb waves
  Lamb waves propagate in solid plates. They are elastic waves whose particle motion lies in the plane that contains the direction of wave propagation and the plate normal . In 1917, the English mathematician Horace Lamb published his classic analysis and description of acoustic waves of this type....
  
  , solid materials
• Matter wave, quantum mechanics
• Mechanical wave
  Mechanical wave
  A mechanical or material wave is a wave that needs a medium to travel. The oscillating material does not move far from its initial equilibrium position, as only the energy is transferred by connected particles. Ocean waves and sound are examples of this phenomenon.A mechanical wave requires an...
  
  , media transmission
• Pilot wave
  Pilot wave
  In theoretical physics, the Pilot Wave theory was the first known example of a hidden variable theory, presented by Louis de Broglie in 1927. Its more modern version, the Bohm interpretation,...
  
  , quantum mechanics
• Shock wave
  Shock wave
  A shock wave is a type of propagating disturbance. Like an ordinary wave, it carries energy and can propagate through a medium or in some cases in the absence of a material medium, through a field such as the electromagnetic field...
  
  , aerodynamics
• Spin-density wave, solid materials
• Spin wave
  Spin wave
  Spin waves are propagating disturbances in the ordering of magnetic materials. These low-lying collective excitations occur in magnetic lattices with continuous symmetry. From the equivalent quasiparticle point of view, spin waves are known as magnons, which are boson modes of the spin lattice...
  
  , magnetism
• Terrestrial stationary waves
  Terrestrial stationary waves
  Terrestrial stationary waves is a persistent spherical conductor “single-wire” surface wave electrical transmission line phenomenon arising across the Earth's surface by virtue of the highly conductive nature of the earth itself. It was considered by Nikola Tesla to be his most important discovery...
  
  , electrical transmission
• Tollmien–Schlichting wave, fluid dynamics
• Trojan wave packet
  Trojan wave packet
  A Trojan wave packet is a wave packet that is nonstationary and nonspreading. It is part of an artificially created system, which consists of a nucleus, and one or more electron wave packets, of a highly excited atom....
  
  , particle science
• Wave Dragon
  Wave Dragon
  Wave Dragon is a floating slack-moored energy converter of the overtopping type, located in the northern Denmark. It was the world's first offshore wave energy converter...
  
  , a wave energy converter
• Wave Motion (journal)
  Wave Motion (journal)
  Wave Motion is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing papers on the physics of waves – with emphasis on the areas of acoustics, optics, geophysics, seismology, electromagnetic theory, solid and fluid mechanics...
  
  , a scientific journal
• Wave packet
  Wave packet
  In physics, a wave packet is a short "burst" or "envelope" of wave action that travels as a unit. A wave packet can be analyzed into, or can be synthesized from, an infinite set of component sinusoidal waves of different wavenumbers, with phases and amplitudes such that they interfere...
  
  , quantum mechanics
• Wave-particle duality, particle science
• Waves in plasmas
  Waves in plasmas
  Waves in plasmas are an interconnected set of particles and fields which propagates in a periodically repeating fashion. A plasma is a quasineutral, electrically conductive fluid. In the simplest case, it is composed of electrons and a single species of positive ions, but it may also contain...
  
  , particle science
• Earth-Ionosphere waveguide
  Earth-Ionosphere waveguide
  The Earth–ionosphere waveguide refers to the phenomenon in which certain radio waves can propagate in the space between the ground and the boundary of the ionosphere.Because the ionosphere contains charged particles, it can behave as a conductor...
  
  , electrical transmission
• Microwave
  Microwave
  Microwaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries...
  
  , transmission
• Wavefront
  Wavefront
  In physics, a wavefront is the locus of points having the same phase. Since infrared, optical, x-ray and gamma-ray frequencies are so high, the temporal component of electromagnetic waves is usually ignored at these wavelengths, and it is only the phase of the spatial oscillation that is described...
  
  , an advancing surface of wave propagation

Mathematics

• Bloch wave
  Bloch wave
  A Bloch wave or Bloch state, named after Felix Bloch, is the wavefunction of a particle placed in a periodic potential...
  
  , a type of particle wave function
• Electromagnetic wave equation
  Electromagnetic wave equation
  The electromagnetic wave equation is a second-order partial differential equation that describes the propagation of electromagnetic waves through a medium or in a vacuum...
  
  , describes electromagnetic wave propagation
• Evanescent wave
  Evanescent wave
  An evanescent wave is a nearfield standing wave with an intensity that exhibits exponential decay with distance from the boundary at which the wave was formed. Evanescent waves are a general property of wave-equations, and can in principle occur in any context to which a wave-equation applies...
  
  , a mathematical wave type
• Longitudinal wave
  Longitudinal wave
  Longitudinal waves, as known as "l-waves", are waves that have the same direction of vibration as their direction of travel, which means that the movement of the medium is in the same direction as or the opposite direction to the motion of the wave. Mechanical longitudinal waves have been also...
  
  , mathematical wave type
• pp-wave spacetime
  Pp-wave spacetime
  In general relativity, the pp-wave spacetimes, or pp-waves for short, are an important family of exact solutions of Einstein's field equation. These solutions model radiation moving at the speed of light...
  
  , a set of exact solutions to Einstein's field equation
• Relativistic wave equations
  Relativistic wave equations
  Before the creation of quantum field theory, physicists attempted to formulate versions of the Schrödinger equation which were compatible with special relativity...
  
  , wave equations that consider special relativity
• Sine wave
  Sine wave
  The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical function that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It occurs often in pure mathematics, as well as physics, signal processing, electrical engineering and many other fields...
  
  , mathematical graph of a sine function
• Square wave
  Square wave
  A square wave is a kind of non-sinusoidal waveform, most typically encountered in electronics and signal processing. An ideal square wave alternates regularly and instantaneously between two levels...
  
  , a mathematical waveform
• Standing wave
  Standing wave
  In physics, a standing wave – also known as a stationary wave – is a wave that remains in a constant position.This phenomenon can occur because the medium is moving in the opposite direction to the wave, or it can arise in a stationary medium as a result of interference between two waves traveling...
  
  , mathematical wave type
• Standing wave ratio
  Standing wave ratio
  In telecommunications, standing wave ratio is the ratio of the amplitude of a partial standing wave at an antinode to the amplitude at an adjacent node , in an electrical transmission line....
  
  , telecommunications
• Transverse wave
  Transverse wave
  A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer...
  
  , mathematical wave type
• Wave equation
  Wave equation
  The wave equation is an important second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves. It arises in fields like acoustics, electromagnetics, and fluid dynamics...
  
  , general
• Wave function, quantum mechanics
• Wave function renormalization
  Wave function renormalization
  In quantum field theory, wave function renormalization is a rescaling, or renormalization, of quantum fields to take into account the effects of interactions. For a noninteracting or free field, the field operator creates or annihilates a single particle with probability 1. Once interactions are...
  
  , quantum mechanics
• Wave period, parameter for describing a wave
• Wavelength
  Wavelength
  In physics, the wavelength of a sinusoidal wave is the spatial period of the wave—the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.It is usually determined by considering the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase, such as crests, troughs, or zero crossings, and is a...
  
  , parameter for describing a wave
• Wavenumber
  Wavenumber
  In the physical sciences, the wavenumber is a property of a wave, its spatial frequency, that is proportional to the reciprocal of the wavelength. It is also the magnitude of the wave vector...
  
  , parameter for describing a wave
• Phase (waves)
  Phase (waves)
  Phase in waves is the fraction of a wave cycle which has elapsed relative to an arbitrary point.-Formula:The phase of an oscillation or wave refers to a sinusoidal function such as the following:...
  
  , mathematical wave type

Medicine

• Alpha wave
  Alpha wave
  Alpha waves are neural oscillations in the frequency range of 8–12 Hz arising from synchronous and coherent electrical activity of thalamic pacemaker cells in humans...
  
  , a brain wave
• Cannon A waves
  Cannon A waves
  Cannon A waves, or cannon atrial waves, are waves seen occasionally in the jugular vein of humans with severe cardiac arrhythmia. When the atria and ventricles contract simultaneously, the blood will be pushed against the AV valve, and a very large pressure wave runs up the vein...
  
  , a cardiac wave
• Gamma wave
  Gamma wave
  A gamma wave is a pattern of neural oscillation in humans with a frequency between 25 to 100 Hz, though 40 Hz is prototypical.According to a popular theory, gamma waves may be implicated in creating the unity of conscious perception...
  
  , a brain wave
• PGO waves
  PGO waves
  Ponto-geniculo-occipital waves or PGO waves are phasic field potentials. These waves can be recorded from the pons, the lateral geniculate nucleus , and the occipital cortex regions of the brain, where these waveforms originate...
  
  , a brain wave
• Slow-wave sleep
  Slow-wave sleep
  Slow-wave sleep , often referred to as deep sleep, consists of stages 3 and 4 of non-rapid eye movement sleep, according to the Rechtschaffen & Kales standard of 1968. As of 2008, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has discontinued the use of stage 4, such that the previous stages 3 and 4 now...
  
  , a type of sleep

Computing and technology

• Apache Wave (ex-Google Wave), open-source communication and collaboration web application and protocols by Apache (previously by Google)
• Microsoft Wave
  Microsoft Wave
  Microsoft Wave is a website dedicated to new technologies and developments to come out of Microsoft. Microsoft describes the site as a showcase of cool technology and a place to find the freshest technology developments....
  
  , a website dedicated to new technologies and developments from Microsoft
• PV-Wave
  PV-Wave
  PV-WAVE is an array oriented 4GL programming language used by engineers, scientists, researchers, business analysts and software developers to build and deploy visual data analysis applications.PV-WAVE was originally developed by a company called Precision Visuals, based in Boulder, CO...
  
  , a programming language
• Waves Audio
  Waves Audio
  Waves Audio Ltd. is a developer and supplier of professional audio signal processing technologies and audio effects, used in recording, mixing, mastering, post production, surround, live, and broadcast sound...
  
  , an audio processing and effects company
• Wave Editor
  Wave Editor
  Wave Editor is a digital audio editor from Abyssmedia for professionals and home users for Microsoft Windows. It can edit music, apply effects and filters, adjust stereo channels etc.. with waveform editing view. It is a freeware program without any limitations....
  
  , a computer program
• Waveguide
  Waveguide
  A waveguide is a structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves or sound waves. There are different types of waveguides for each type of wave...
  
  
• Wavelength-division multiplexing
  Wavelength-division multiplexing
  In fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths of laser light...
  
  
• Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE/WAV), a file format mainly used for audio
• Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment, IEEE 802.11p
  IEEE 802.11p
  IEEE 802.11p is an approved amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard to add wireless access in vehicular environments . It defines enhancements to 802.11 required to support Intelligent Transportation Systems applications...
  
  

Broadcasting

• Carrier wave
  Carrier wave
  In telecommunications, a carrier wave or carrier is a waveform that is modulated with an input signal for the purpose of conveying information. This carrier wave is usually a much higher frequency than the input signal...
  
  , a wave that carries a signal
• Skywave
  Skywave
  Skywave is the propagation of electromagnetic waves bent back to the Earth's surface by the ionosphere. As a result of skywave propagation, a broadcast signal from a distant AM broadcasting station at night, or from a shortwave radio station can sometimes be heard as clearly as local...
  
  , refracted radio wave
• WAVE
  WAVE (TV)
  WAVE aka "WAVE 3" is the NBC television station in Louisville, Kentucky. Owned by Raycom Media, the station broadcasts from its main studio in downtown Louisville...
  
  , a Louisville, Kentucky television station
• WAVE Radio
  WAVE Radio
  WAVE Radio, a Belize City radio station operating since 1998, is the radio arm of the United Democratic Party . It is located at the corner of Ebony Street and the Belchina Bridge entrance, at the UDP Headquarters.- History :...
  
  , a Belize City radio station
• Wave 94.7
  CIWV-FM
  CHKX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.7 FM from Hamilton, Ontario and licensed to "Hamilton/Burlington." The station airs a country music format branded as KX 94.7...
  
  , an Ontario radio station (CIWV-FM)

Music

• Wave (band)
  Wave (band)
  Wave was a Canadian pop rock duo, from Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band members were Dave Thomson and Paul Gigliotti. They were signed by Warner Music Canada and released their debut album, Nothing as It Seems. Their radio single "California" quickly increased in airplay and reached #1 on the...
  
  

• Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim album)
  • "Wave" (song)
    Wave (song)
    "Wave" is a song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on Jobim's 1967 album of the same name, English lyrics were added by Jobim for a November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company...
    
    , a song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, from the above album.
• Wave (Murray Head album)
  Wave (Murray Head album)
  Wave is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1992.In 2000 Wave was reissued under the title Innocence, which is also the title of a previous album by Murray Head...
  
  
• Wave (Patti Smith Group album)
• Waves (Charles Lloyd album)
  Waves (Charles Lloyd album)
  -Track listing:# "TM" - 4:58# "Pyramid" - 7:08# "Majorca" - 6:10# "Harvest" - 8:57# "Rishikisha: Hummingbird" - 1:36# "Rishikisha: Rishikesh" - 1:24# "Rishikisha: Seagull" - 2:14*Recorded at Malibu Road-Personnel:...
  
  
• Waves (Katrina and the Waves album)
• Waves (compilation album)
  Waves (compilation album)
  Waves is the first compilation album released on the Crydamoure label in 2000. The album was mixed by Le Knight Club, a duo consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Eric Chedeville.- Track listing :# The Buffalo Bunch - Music Box...
  
  
• Waves (Rhydian album)
  Waves (Rhydian album)
  Waves is the third album by Welsh singer Rhydian. It was released on 1 August 2011 in the United Kingdom. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 39 on 7 August 2011.-Tracklist:-Chart performance:-Release history:-External links:*...
  
  
• Waves (Ride album)
• Waves (Sam Rivers album)
  Waves (Sam Rivers album)
  Waves is an album by American jazz saxophonist Sam Rivers featuring performances recorded in 1978 and released on the Tomato label.-Reception:...
  
  

• "Waves" (Camille song)
• "Waves" (Mono Band song)
  Waves (mono band song)
  Waves is a song by Mono Band from the album Mono Band, and was released in May 2005. This is the first song to be released in a physical format while "release" and "invitation" were previously offered on iTunes.-Personnel:...
  
  
• "Waves" (Phish song)
• "Waves", a song by Holly Miranda from The Magician's Private Library
  The Magician's Private Library
  The Magician's Private Library is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda, released 23 February 2010 in the United States by XL Recordings...
  
  
• "Waves", a song by Classics IV
  Classics IV
  The Classics IV were a band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1965, given credit for beginning the "soft southern rock" sound...
  
  , composed by Buddy Buie
  Buddy Buie
  Buddy Buie is a songwriter, producer, and publisher. He is most commonly associated with Roy Orbison, The Classics IV and The Atlanta Rhythm Section.-Biography:...
  
   and James B. Cobb, Jr.
• "Waves", a song by Guthrie Govan
  Guthrie Govan
  Guthrie Govan is a guitarist known for his work with the bands Asia , GPS, The Young Punx and The Fellowship as well as Erotic Cakes...
  
   on the album Erotic Cakes

Literature

• The Waves
  The Waves
  - External links :* The Waves, at wikilivres.info...
  
  , a novel by Virginia Woolf
• Wave Magazine
  Wave Magazine
  Wave is an English language, monthly magazine published by Himal Media . Each month, Wave publishes articles addressing the youth and their varied interests. Apart from touching the lighter and the fun side, it also addresses the more 'serious' aspects- but from a youthful perspective. The magazine...
  
  
• The Delaware Wave
  The Delaware Wave
  The Delaware Wave is a Gannett-owned English-language community newspaper based in Bethany Beach, Delaware. The weekly 11-inch by 17-inch tabloid newspaper, published every Wednesday, serves Bethany Beach and the surround area with in depth local coverage. It is one of three Gannett newspapers in...
  
  , a newspaper
• Wellen (novel)
  Wellen (novel)
  Wellen is a novel by Eduard von Keyserling first published in German in 1911. Set during a long hot summer in a small fishing village somewhere on the Baltic Sea, most likely on the Curonian Spit, it depicts a group of aristocratic city-dwellers spending their holidays in that remote part of the...
  
   (Waves), a novel by Eduard von Keyserling

Sports

• Milwaukee Wave
  Milwaukee Wave
  The Milwaukee Wave is an American professional indoor soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Founded in 1984 they are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer team in North Americaand a member of the Major Indoor Soccer League....
  
  , a soccer team
• Audience wave
  Audience wave
  The wave or the Mexican wave is an example of metachronal rhythm achieved in a packed stadium when successive groups of spectators briefly stand and raise their arms...
  
  , an occurrence at sporting events
• Wilmington Waves
  Wilmington Waves
  The Wilmington Waves were a minor league baseball team in Wilmington, North Carolina. They were a Low-A class team that played in the South Atlantic League, and were a farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the franchise’s only year in Wilmington. They played all of their home games at Brooks...
  
  , a baseball team
• Pepperdine Waves
  Pepperdine Waves
  Pepperdine Waves is the name given to the sports teams of the Pepperdine University.-See also:* Pepperdine Waves alumni* 2011-12 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team...
  
  , a sports team

Land vehicles

• Bajaj Wave
  Bajaj Wave
  The Bajaj Wave is a motor scooter from Bajaj Auto. It is a revised Bajaj Saffire. The Wave offers a 109.7 cc DTS-i engine, CVT transmission and revised body panels. It has a maximum power of 8 bhp. It also offers Bajaj's ExhausTEC technology and a ride control switch.It competes against the Honda...
  
  , motor scooter
• Honda Wave series
  Honda Wave series
  Honda Wave series, also known as Honda NF series, Honda Innova , and Honda Supra is a series of small motorcycles the underbone type, manufactured by Honda Motor Co. Ltd as a successor of the Honda Cub series. It debuted in 1995 especially for Asian and European market...
  
  , motorcycles
• Pontiac Wave, a car

Organizations

• Wave cinemas
  Wave cinemas
  Wave Cinemas is one of the major film exhibitors in India. The company, part of the Chadha Group, began its commercial operations in September 2003 with the launch of two multiplexes, its first one a two-screen multiplex at Wave Cinemas - East End Mall in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, and a second...
  
  
• Waves Audio
  Waves Audio
  Waves Audio Ltd. is a developer and supplier of professional audio signal processing technologies and audio effects, used in recording, mixing, mastering, post production, surround, live, and broadcast sound...
  
  , a company
• Work, Achievement, Values & Education, Inc. (WAVE)
  Work, Achievement, Values & Education, Inc. (WAVE)
  Work, Achievement, Values & Education, Inc. was a nonprofit youth development, education, and youth workforce development organization founded in 1969 in Newark, Delaware...
  
  , a school dropout recovery and dropout prevention program approach
• Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service or WAVES, a division of the U.S. Navy

Economics

• Elliott wave principle
  Elliott wave principle
  The Elliott Wave Principle is a form of technical analysis that some traders use to analyze financial market cycles and forecast market trends by identifying extremes in investor psychology, highs and lows in prices, and other collective factors...
  
  , a market trend pattern
• Kondratiev wave
  Kondratiev wave
  Kondratiev waves are described as sinusoidal-like cycles in the modern capitalist world economy...
  
  , a market surge pattern
• Spending wave

Other uses

• Fir wave
  Fir wave
  A fir wave is a set of alternating bands of fir trees in sequential stages of development, observed in forests on exposed mountain slopes in several areas, including northeastern North America and Japan...
  
  , a forest configuration
• First wave (disambiguation)
• Green wave
  Green wave
  A green wave is an intentionally induced phenomenon in which a series of traffic lights are coordinated to allow continuous traffic flow over several intersections in one main direction....
  
  , traffic flow
• Human wave attack
  Human wave attack
  Human wave attack, also known as human sea attack, is an offensive infantry tactic, in which an attacker conducts an unprotected frontal assault with densely concentrated infantry formations against the enemy line, intended to overrun the defenders by engaging in melee combat.-Definition:According...
  
  
• Witching Waves
  Witching Waves
  Witching Waves is an amusement ride.It was first introduced at Luna Park on Coney Island, New York, USA, in 1907.It was one of the most popular rides at Luna Park, invented by Theophilus Van Kannel, who also invented the revolving door....
  
  , an amusement ride introduced in 1907
• Radio Waves (disambiguation)
• Seventh Wave (disambiguation)
• Tidal wave
  Tsunami
  A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
  
  
• Welle (disambiguation)

See also

• The Third Wave (disambiguation)
• The Wave (disambiguation)
• Index of wave articles