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    Internal waves are gravity waves that oscillate within a fluid medium, rather than on its surface. To exist, the fluid must be stratified: the density...
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    Seiche (redirect from Underwater wave)
    A seiche (/seɪʃ/ SAYSH) is a standing wave in an enclosed or partially enclosed body of water. Seiches and seiche-related phenomena have been observed...
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    Internal wave, a wave within a fluid medium Shock wave, in aerodynamics Sound wave, a wave of sound through a medium such as air or water Tidal wave,...
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    Internal wave breaking is a process during which internal gravity waves attain a large amplitude compared to their length scale, become nonlinearly unstable...
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  • interior. So internal tides are internal waves at a tidal frequency. The other major source of internal waves is the wind which produces internal waves near the...
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    A wave cloud is a cloud form created by atmospheric internal waves. The atmospheric internal waves that form wave clouds are created as stable air flows...
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    attempting passage and 10 more had to break off their run due to damage. Internal waves (waves at the density boundary layer) are often produced by the Strait...
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    different densities) are called internal waves. Wind-generated waves on the water surface are examples of gravity waves, as are tsunamis, ocean tides,...
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    In physics, total internal reflection (TIR) is the phenomenon in which waves arriving at the interface (boundary) from one medium to another (e.g., from...
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  • evanescent wave, is generated at the solid-liquid interface with the same frequency as the excitation light. The intensity of the evanescent wave exponentially...
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    geophysics; the refraction or reflection of seismic waves is used for research into Earth's internal structure. Scientists sometimes generate and measure...
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    can be ascribed to breaking of internal waves (Lee waves). When a stratified fluid reaches an internal obstacle, a wave is created that can eventually...
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    oscillates and creates internal waves. While internal waves generally have a lower frequency than surface waves, they often form as a single wave that breaks into...
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    Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are huge and unpredictable surface...
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  • field, or evanescent wave, is an oscillating electric and/or magnetic field that does not propagate as an electromagnetic wave but whose energy is spatially...
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  • circadian rhythm de Broglie internal clock, hypothetical clock in an electron, constituting part of the mechanism by which a pilot wave guides a particle Electronic...
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    Dead water (category Waves)
    without much mixing. The phenomenon is a result of energy producing internal waves that have an effect on the vessel. The effect can also be found at density...
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    In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the...
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    wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function...
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    Evanescent waves and evanescent wave coupling Ocean surface waves, internal waves and crests, dispersion, and freak waves Love wave and Rayleigh–Lamb wave Gravity...
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    or ridges, it generates internal waves at the tidal frequency, which are known as internal tides. A series of surface waves can be generated due to large-scale...
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    In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...
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    seismic wave velocity. This is caused by a change in the rock's density – Immediately above the Moho, the velocities of primary seismic waves (P wave) are...
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    A P wave (primary wave or pressure wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, called seismic waves in seismology. P waves travel faster...
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  • Look up wave mechanics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wave mechanics may refer to: the mechanics of waves the application of the quantum wave equation...
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    In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the...
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  • wave in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Wave may refer to: The Wave (1981 film), a TV movie based on The Third Wave social experiment The Wave (2008...
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  • of topics, including surface waves, geophysical implications of variations in the Earth's rotation, tides, internal waves, deep-ocean drilling into the...
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    desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter (WEC). Waves are generated primarily by wind passing over the sea's...
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  • Third wave may refer to: Third-wave feminism, diverse strains of feminist activity in the early 1990s Third wave ska, a musical genre Third Wave (The Telescopes...
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