superwave

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ wave

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Noun[edit]

superwave (plural superwaves)

  1. (physics) A particularly large or intense wave.
    • 1972, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the North Pacific Ocean, Issue 152[1], page 83:
      The "superwave" listed in the table developed during the latter storm.
    • 1981, James P. Hogan, The Genesis Machine[2], Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 175:
      These superwaves are produced continuously in every piece of matter in the universe — in the planets, the stars, and even in the voids between — and every tiny particle - event taking place at any point in the cosmos makes itself known instantly at each and every other point.
    • 2006, Paul A. LaViolette, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars: Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy, page 98:
      The geologic record registers a number of other things happening around the time of this superwave passage.

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