(US) Synonym of Mexican wave

The geometrid moth Scopula emutaria.

plural of rosy wave

plural of aether wave

(US politics) A surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Democratic Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.

(US politics) A surge of voters supporting the candidates of the Republican Party during an election (especially a midterm election), which results in the party making significant gains.

(politics) A surge in the number of women running for office, the number of female voters, or the number of people voting for female candidates during an election, which results in the election of more women or politicians supporting feminist issues (such as abortion rights).

(physics) The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously

(physics) a sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light

(physics) A three-dimensional partial differential equation which determines the evolution of a quantum mechanical wave function