1. Soulèvement de l'eau, qui se propage. Jeter un caillou dans l'eau crée des ondes concentriques.
2. (Physique) Phénomène vibratoire qui se propage, ondes sismiques, hertziennes, etc ; le plus souvent il s'agit des ondes (au pluriel) qu'envoie un émetteur radio vers les récepteurs d'oů 'mise en ondes, diffusé sur les ondes, etc.'.
ETYM FRom Rip.
1. A small wave on the surface of a liquid; SYN. rippling, riffle, wavelet.
2. (Electronics) An oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value.
ETYM From Wave; not the same word as Old Eng. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to Eng. wag to move.
(Homonym: waive).
1. (Physics) A progressive, undulating disturbance created without displacement of the medium itself; SYN. undulation.
2. One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water); SYN. moving ridge.
3. A movement like that of an ocean wave.
4. An undulating curve.
5. Something that rises rapidly and dies away.
6. The act of signaling by a movement of the hand; SYN. waving, wafture.
7. A hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.