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a rumor of energy passing through matter, never the matter itself moving along.
means A moving disturbance that travels through a medium or space, carrying energy from one place to another — whether in water, sound, light, or a friendly hand raised in greeting.
from From Old English 'wafian,' to wave the hands, and the related 'wæfre,' restless or wavering — kin to a whole Germanic family of words for unsteady, fluttering motion. The watery 'wave' came later, when the older English word 'waw' for a swell of the sea was reshaped by this verb of fluttering. So before the sea, there was the trembling hand; the ocean borrowed its name from the gesture.
- water stays put
- Ocean waves move energy, not the water
- rogue giants
- Freak waves can top 80 feet, sinking ships
- tsunami speed
- Crosses open ocean at jet-plane velocity
- sound is one
- Your voice reaches ears as pressure waves
- light too
- Every color is just a different wavelength
for instance
pipeline honolulu — famous surfing break in hawaii producing 30-foot waves during winter swells