breaking wave or breaker is a wave with enough energy to "break" at its peak, reaching a critical level at which linear energy transforms into wave turbulence...

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura, lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa') is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e...

river or creek. It can break as either a left-breaking or right-breaking wave, or a peak which breaks both ways. The bottom is usually sand, but can...

Breaking The Waves is a 1996 psychological romantic melodrama film directed and co-written by Lars von Trier and starring Emily Watson in her feature film...

velocity of the wave (Vs). Wave breaking intensity measures the force of the wave as it breaks, spills, or plunges (a plunging wave is termed by surfers...

"Every Breaking Wave" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track from their thirteenth studio album, Songs of Innocence, and was released...

typically designed to tolerate a breaking wave of 15 t/m2, a rogue wave can dwarf both of these figures with a breaking force far exceeding 100 t/m2. Smith...

Tsunami waves do not resemble normal undersea currents or sea waves because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami...

waves undergo a phenomenon called "breaking". A breaking wave is one whose base can no longer support its top, causing it to collapse. A wave breaks when...

reflection, wave breaking, wave–current interaction, friction, wave growth due to the wind, and wave shoaling. In the absence of the other effects, wave shoaling...

inception, breaking and subsequent turbulent mixing affects the fluid characteristics in locations of breaking. Consequently, internal wave breaking influences...

to surf break just off a beach, or breaking on a sandbar farther out from the shore[c] Big sea: Large, unbreaking surf Blown out: When waves that would...

and size of breaking waves), but by knowing a few factors a good prediction can be made. One needs to have an understanding of how waves are formed, a...

Camerimage for 'Every Breaking Wave' U2 2015 Nominated for Best Music Video at UK Music Video Awards for 'Every Breaking Wave' U2 2014 Nominated for...

giant white breaking waves is famed for its surfing conditions. Nazaré's waves were listed on the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest waves ever surfed...

moves directly away from the shore by cutting through the lines of breaking waves, like a river flowing out to sea. The force of the current in a rip...

fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. There are currently 3 U.S. based competitive...

describe the occurrence of wave breaking on sloping beaches. The parameter used to describe breaking wave types on beaches; or wave run-up on – and reflection...

fluid dynamics, wave setup is the increase in mean water level due to the presence of breaking waves. Similarly, wave setdown is a wave-induced decrease...

currents, including breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. As of 2023, wave power is not widely...

pilgrimage. The band said that the first single was intended to be "Every Breaking Wave". However, the project was continually delayed, as U2 struggled to complete...

Heinemann Ltd. It was published in the United States under the title The Breaking Wave. The late 1940s story concerns two English women, Wrens, and two Australian...

Waves Breaking is a 1881 canvas by the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840–1926).It was painted on the coast of Normandy and follows the example...

is home to the Chicama wave, the first legally protected wave in the world, as well as the world's longest left-breaking wave—see External Links. Locals...

at high tide. It was designed with projecting rooflines resembling breaking waves, cantilevered over the circular balconies. The interior focused on a...

propulsion and control while riding a breaking wave. Bodyboarding originates from an ancient form of riding waves (surfing) on one's belly. Indigenous...

through March, like many other breaks along the North Shore. Though "Pipeline" technically denotes the left-breaking wave, it commonly encompasses Backdoor...

Suspended and bed load transport Waves, e.g., breaking and non-breaking The shear exerted by waves or the flow associated with waves. Longshore drift plays a...

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breaking wave. Under the right conditions, waves in some areas, such as the Banzai Pipeline in Hawaii, form a moving "tube" or cylinder as they break...