well-rounded (oh) and wave(1) (iou)

well-rounded (oh)

adj
a well-rounded person has a range of interests and skills and a variety of experience
::well-rounded graduates
well-rounded Education or experience of life is complete and varied
::She has a well-rounded background in Management.
a woman who is well-rounded has a pleasantly curved figure
-synonym shapely shapely

wave(1) (iou)

wave noun. L15.
[Alt., by assoc. with the verb, of WAW noun1; in branch II a new formation on WAVE verb1.]
I.
a. Any of a succession of undulations which Travel over the surface of the sea or Other body of liquid, which are caused by each part of the surface successively rising and falling, and which may rise to a crest and break in strong wind etc.; a moving ridge or swell of water between two depressions; any of a series of long coastal rollers which follow each Other at regular intervals, arch over, and break on the shore. L15.
bow wave, seventh wave, standing wave, tidal wave, etc.
V. Brittain White crests of..waves which swung rather than broke against the shore. N. Calder Great waves that raced in from the Atlantic.
b. sing. & in pl. Water; the sea. poet. L16.
Tennyson We came to warmer waves, and deep Across the boundless east we drove.
a. A rough, stormy, or fluctuating condition (of life, passion, etc.). Usu. in pl. M16.
b. A swelling and subsidence of feeling, excitement, etc.; a movement of common sentiment, activity, etc. sweeping over a community. Also, a sharp increase in the extent or degree of some phenomenon. M19.
crime wave, new wave, etc.
J. C. Ransom The university is..not too old to experience waves of reformational zeal. International Business Week Each new wave of technology unleashed vast demand. B. Bettelheim Goethe's Werther was blamed for causing a wave of suicides. A. Lambert Alistair had been killed...I remember the grief, how it came in waves.
a. A formation with undulating shape; each of the rises and falls of such a formation, spec. in hair. Also, a set that leaves the hair in waves. M16.
marcel wave, permanent wave, etc.
Hairdo Ideas This sensational look..with its tight waves through the crown and full, buoyant curls.
b. An undulating line or streak of colour. M17.
c. Architecture. An undulated moulding; a cyma or ogee moulding. M17.
d. A wavy or zigzag pattern; something made in this pattern. M19.
Physics. Any of a succession of oscillations or periodic disturbances in a fluid or solid which is propagated in a particular direction without progressive movement of the particles affected, as in sound, seismic shock, etc. Also, an analogous oscillation or disturbance in a field (as in light or gravitation) or in a time-varying quantity (as a voltage). M18.
alpha wave, carrier wave, electromagnetic wave, gravitational wave, lee wave, matter wave, medium wave, Radio wave, seismic wave, shock wave, stationary wave, travelling wave, etc.
b. Meteorology. A temporary rise or fall in atmospheric pressure or temperature which takes place at successive points in a particular direction on the earth's surface; colloq. a spell of abnormal heat or cold. M19.
cold wave, heat wave, etc.
c. Physics. A de Broglie wave. E20.
a. A long convex strip of land between two long broad hollows; any of a series of such strips. Also, a rounded ridge of sand or snow formed by the action of the wind. L18.
b. An undulatory movement, or each of an intermittent series of movements, of something passing over a surface or through the air. E19.
c. Medicine. = pulse-wave s.v. PULSE noun1. M19.
d. A forward movement of a large body of people (esp. advancing invaders or soldiers), or of military vehicles or aircraft, which either recedes and returns after an interval, or is followed after a time by another body repeating the same movement. M19.
Armed Forces Co-ordinated waves attacking..as many targets as possible. EuroBusiness Turkey's geographical position..has always made it host to waves of..migrants.
e. A rising-and-falling effect produced by successive sections of a crowd standing up, raising and lowering their arms, and sitting down again. Usu. more fully human wave, Mexican wave, Mexico wave. L20.
Any of numerous geometrid moths that have wavy markings on the wings. E19.
II. An act of waving.
A swaying to and fro. M17.
A motion to and fro of the hand or of something held in the hand, used as a signal. L17.
R. Broughton With a would-be-valedictory wave of the hand.
Phrases: human wave: see sense 5e above. make waves stir up trouble, make things worse, make a fuss. Mexican wave, Mexico wave: see sense 5e above. on the crest of the wave: see CREST noun 6. the wave of the future the inevitable future Fashion or trend. wave of contraction Physiology the onward contraction of a muscle from the point where the stimulus is applied. Welsh wave: see WELSH adjective.
Comb.: wave-action Geology the action of water flowing in waves; wave analyser an instrument for Fourier analysis of a wave motion; waveband a range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies between specified limits; wave base Physical Geography the greatest depth of water at which sediment can be disturbed by surface waves; wave-bread: presented as a wave-offering; wave-change adjective (Radio) designating a switch or rotary control for changing the wavelength (range) to which a transmitter or receiver can be tuned; wave changer Radio a wave-change switch or control; a tuner; wave cloud Meteorology any of a series of parallel elongated clouds that form at the crests of atmospheric waves in the lee of high ground and remain stationary in relation to the ground; wave drag Aerodynamics the drag experienced by a body at supersonic speeds as a result of the formation of a shock wave; wave energy: obtained by harnessing wave power; wave equation Physics an equation that represents wave motion; esp. (a) the differential equation 2U/t2 = c22U; (b) Schr?dinger's equation; wave filter Electronics = FILTER noun 4(e); waveform the shape of a wave at any moment, or that of the graphical representation of a (usu. periodically) varying physical quantity; a wave regarded as characterized by a particular shape or manner of variation, esp. a varying voltage; wavefront Physics a continuous line or surface that is a locus of points where the phase is the same at a given instant; wave function Physics a function that satisfies a wave equation, esp. Schr?dinger's equation; wave group Physics a short group of waves, not necessarily of uniform wavelength or amplitude; waveguide a device which constrains or guides electromagnetic waves along a defined path with minimum energy loss; spec. a metal tube, usu. of rectangular cross-section, doing this in the hollow space along its length; wave-hop verb intrans. (colloq.) fly low over the sea; wave-line (a) rare an outline recommended by some naval architects for the hull of a vessel as facilitating movement through the waves; (b) Physics the path of a wave of light, sound, etc.; the graphic representation of this; wave machine: for producing waves in water; wave-mark (a) Geology a ripple mark on the surface of sedimentary rock, produced by waves at the time of deposition; (b) a wavy mark or stain; wave-mechanical adjective concerned with or involving wave mechanics; wave mechanics Physics a form of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which particles are regarded as having some of the properties of waves, the waves being described by Schr?dinger functions; wavemeter (a) Electricity an instrument for measuring the wavelength or frequency of Radio waves; (b) an instrument for measuring and recording the heights of water waves; wave-motion (a) motion in curves alternately concave and convex; (b) the movement of water waves; wave-motor a machine designed to utilize wave energy for motive power; wave number Physics & Chemistry the number of waves per unit length, used esp. to represent the frequency of electromagnetic radiation; the reciprocal of wavelength, or this multiplied by 2; wave-off Aeronautics a signal or instruction to an approaching aircraft that it is not to land; wave-offering: presented by a priest before the altar (see WAVE verb1 2); wave packet Physics a group of superposed waves which together form a travelling localized disturbance; esp. one described by Schr?dinger's equation and regarded as representing a particle; wave-particle adjective (Physics) designating the twofold description of matter and energy in terms of the two seemingly incompatible concepts of waves and particles; wave-path Seismology the line along which a shock wave is propagated; wave pattern Architecture = VITRUVIAN scroll; wave period Physics the period between the arrivals at a given point of successive peaks or troughs of a travelling wave; wave picture Physics the conception of subatomic particles as waves, in accordance with wave theory; wave-power: derived from the motion of waves, esp. on the coast or in an estuary; waverider Aeronautics a wing that derives lift from a shock wave close to its undersurface; an aeroplane having such wings; waveshape = waveform above; wave-siren: in which a current of air is driven through a narrow slit against an undulatory curve on the periphery of a cylinder or disc; wave-surface Physics a geometrical surface which is the locus of all points reached at one instant by an undulatory agitation propagated from any centre; wave-system a series of waves; wave theory (a) (obsolete exc. Hist.) the undulatory theory; (b) Physics a theory which treats subatomic particles as waves; (c) Philology = WELLENTHEORIE; wave train Physics a limited succession of waves travelling in the same direction, with equal or only slightly differing wavelengths; wave trap Radio = TRAP noun1 6d; wave vector Physics a vector whose direction is the direction of propagation of a wave and whose magnitude is the wave number; wave velocity Physics = phase velocity s.v. PHASE noun; wave winding a kind of armature winding in which the coils are wound between commutator bars just over 180 degrees apart so that there are two routes in parallel between the positive and the negative brush.
? See also WAVES.
waveless adjective having no waves or undulation; not agitated or disturbed by waves: L16.
wavelessly adverb in a waveless manner E19.
wavelet noun a small wave, a ripple E19.
wavelike adjective & adverb (a) adjective resembling a wave; (b) adverb in the manner of a wave or waves: L17.

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