curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

sine curve, sinusoid - the curve of y=sin x

motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

natural philosophy, physical science, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions

motion, movement - a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

gravitation wave, gravity wave - (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

sine wave - a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve

oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

fluctuation - a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"

seiche - a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances

standing wave, stationary wave - a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time

traveling wave - a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave

acoustic wave, sound wave - (acoustics) a wave that transmits sound

wave form, wave shape, waveform - the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time

blast wave, shock wave - a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity; "the explosion created a shock wave"

pulsation, pulse, pulsing, impulse - (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

flapping, fluttering, flap, flutter - the motion made by flapping up and down