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wave [waves] (moving disturbance, undulation) noun [UK: weɪv] [US: ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) bølgenoun (Nynorsk) bølgjenoun |
wave [waved, waving, waves] (to move back and forth repeatedly) verb [UK: weɪv] [US: ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) vaieverb (Nynorsk) vaieverb |
wave [waved, waving, waves] (to wave one’s hand) verb [UK: weɪv] [US: ˈweɪv] | vinkeverb |
waveform [waveforms] (physics) noun [UK: wˈeɪvfɔːm] [US: wˈeɪvfɔːrm] | bølgeformnoun |
wavefunction [wavefunctions] (notion in quantum mechanics) noun [UK: weɪvfˈʌŋkʃən] [US: weɪvfˈʌŋkʃən] | (Bokmål) bølgefunksjonnoun (Nynorsk) bølgjefunksjonnoun |
wavelength [wavelengths] (the length of a single cycle of a wave) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.vleŋθ] [US: ˈweɪv.ˌleŋθ] | (Bokmål) bølgelengdenoun (Nynorsk) bølgjelengdnoun |
carrier wave (wave that can be modulated to transmit signals) noun [UK: ˈkæ.rɪə(r) weɪv] [US: ˈkæ.riər ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) bærebølgenoun (Nynorsk) berebølgjenoun |
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] | gravitasjonsbølgenoun |
heatwave [heatwaves] (period of very hot weather) noun [UK: ˈhiː.tweɪv] [US: ˈhiː.tweɪv] | (Bokmål) hetebølgenoun |
light wave (wave of light) noun | (Bokmål) lysbølgenoun (Nynorsk) lysbølge (etc.)noun |
long wave (radio wave) noun | (Bokmål) langbølgenoun (Nynorsk) langbylgjenoun |
medium wave (radio wave) noun [UK: ˈmiː.dɪəm weɪv] [US: ˈmiː.diəm ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) mellombølgenoun (Nynorsk) mellombylgjenoun |
microwave [microwaves] (electromagnetic wave) noun [UK: ˈmaɪk.rə.weɪv] [US: ˈmaɪk.rə.weɪv] | (Bokmål) mikrobølgenoun (Nynorsk) mikrobylgjenoun |
microwave oven (oven using microwave energy) noun [UK: ˈmaɪk.rə.weɪv ˈʌv.n̩] [US: ˈmaɪk.rə.weɪv ˈʌv.n̩] | (Bokmål) mikrobølgeovnnoun (Nynorsk) mikrobølgjeomnnoun |
radio wave [radio waves] (electromagnetic radiation) noun [UK: ˈreɪ.dɪəʊ weɪv] [US: ˈreɪ.diˌo.ʊ ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) radiobølgenoun |
shock wave [shock waves] (A powerful compression wave) noun [UK: ʃɒk weɪv] [US: ˈʃɑːk ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) sjokkbølgenoun (Nynorsk) sjokkbølgjenoun |
significant wave height (measure of wave height) noun | |
sound wave [sound waves] (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material) noun [UK: ˈsaʊnd weɪv] [US: ˈsaʊnd ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) lydbølgenoun (Nynorsk) lydbølgjenoun |
tidal wave [tidal waves] (oceanography: crest of ocean water resulting from tidal forces) noun [UK: ˈtaɪd.l̩ weɪv] [US: ˈtaɪd.l̩ ˈweɪv] | tidevannsbølgenoun |
tidal wave [tidal waves] (tsunami) noun [UK: ˈtaɪd.l̩ weɪv] [US: ˈtaɪd.l̩ ˈweɪv] | (Bokmål) flodbølgenoun (Nynorsk) flodbølgjenoun tsunaminoun |
unwavering (always on course and steady) adjective [UK: ʌn.ˈweɪ.vər.ɪŋ] [US: ʌˈn.weɪ.vər.ɪŋ] | (Bokmål) urokkeligadjective |