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wave [waves] (moving disturbance, undulation) noun [UK: weɪv] [US: ˈweɪv] | 波 /bō/noun 波浪 /bōlàng/noun 浪 /làng/noun |
wave [waved, waving, waves] (to wave one’s hand) verb [UK: weɪv] [US: ˈweɪv] | 招手 /zhāoshǒu/verb 挥手 /huīshǒu/verb 揮手verb |
waveband (wavelength) noun [UK: ˈweɪv.bænd] [US: ˈweɪv.bænd] | 波段 /bōduàn/noun |
wavefunction [wavefunctions] (notion in quantum mechanics) noun [UK: weɪvfˈʌŋkʃən] [US: weɪvfˈʌŋkʃən] | 波函数 /bōhánshù/noun 波函數noun |
waveguide [waveguides] (a structure which guides waves) noun [UK: ˈweɪv.ɡaɪd] [US: ˈweɪv.ɡaɪd] | 波导 /bōdǎo/noun 波導noun |
wavelength [wavelengths] (the length of a single cycle of a wave) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.vleŋθ] [US: ˈweɪv.ˌleŋθ] | 波長noun 波长 /bōcháng/noun |
wavelet [wavelets] (a small wave; a ripple) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.vlət] [US: ˈweɪ.vlət] | 小浪 /xiǎolàng/noun |
wavellite (hydrated aluminium phosphate) noun [UK: wˈeɪvəlˌaɪt] [US: wˈeɪvəlˌaɪt] | 銀星石noun 银星石 /yínxīngshí/noun |
waver [wavered, wavering, wavers] (to falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way) verb [UK: ˈweɪ.və(r)] [US: ˈweɪ.vər] | 动摇 /dòngyáo/verb 動搖verb |
Alfvén wave (a hydromagnetic shear wave in a charged plasma) noun | 阿爾文波noun |
bow wave (a wave coming off the bow of a ship as it moves through the water) noun | 头波noun 弓形波noun |
brainwave (any of many rhythmic fluctuations of electric potential between parts of the brain) noun [UK: ˈbreɪn.weɪv] [US: ˈbreɪn.weɪv] | 脑波 /nǎobō/noun 腦波noun |
carrier wave (wave that can be modulated to transmit signals) noun [UK: ˈkæ.rɪə(r) weɪv] [US: ˈkæ.riər ˈweɪv] | 載波noun 载波 /zàibō/noun |
electromagnetic wave [electromagnetic waves] (electromagnetic radiation) noun [UK: ɪ.ˌlek.trəʊ.mæɡ.ˈne.tɪk weɪv] [US: ɪ.ˌlektro.ʊ.mæg.ˈne.tɪk ˈweɪv] | 电磁波 /diàncíbō/noun 電磁波noun |
Elliott wave (wave pattern) noun | 艾略特波浪noun |
gravitational wave [gravitational waves] (fluctuation in spacetime that propagates as a wave at the speed of light) noun [UK: ˌɡræ.vɪ.ˈteɪʃ.n̩əl weɪv] [US: ˌɡræ.və.ˈteɪʃ.n̩əl ˈweɪv] | 引力波 /yǐnlìbō/noun 重力波 /zhònglìbō/noun |
heatwave [heatwaves] (period of very hot weather) noun [UK: ˈhiː.tweɪv] [US: ˈhiː.tweɪv] | 热浪 /rèlàng/noun 熱浪noun |
Korean Wave (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) proper noun | 韓流proper noun 韩流 /Hánliú/proper noun |
longitudinal wave (type of wave) noun | 縱波noun 纵波 /zòngbō/noun |
longwave (having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters) adjective [UK: lˈɒŋweɪv] [US: lˈɑːŋweɪv] | 長波adjective 长波 /chángbō/adjective |
medium wave (radio wave) noun [UK: ˈmiː.dɪəm weɪv] [US: ˈmiː.diəm ˈweɪv] | 中波 /zhōngbō/noun |