"Alt-J" comes from the key sequence used to generate the symbol Δ on an Apple Mac computer: Alt+J. The cover art of the band's debut album An Awesome Wave...

phenomenon is closely connected with the technology life cycle. It is stated that the period of a wave ranges from forty to sixty years, the cycles consist...

Matter waves are a central part of the theory of quantum mechanics, being half of wave–particle duality. At all scales where measurements have been practical...

(t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large...

past and the cause of its future". Quantum physics instead encodes information as a wave function, which prevents observers from directly identifying all...

Wave Rock (Nyungar: Katter Kich) is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The "wave" is about 15 m (50 ft) high and...

heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather.: 2911  Definitions vary but are similar. A heat wave is...

Gravitational waves are transient displacements in a gravitational field—generated by the motion or acceleration of gravitating masses—that radiate outward...

Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a quantum-mechanical system.: 1–2  Its discovery was a significant...

acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the reception of such waves and their...

Alpha waves, or the alpha rhythm, are neural oscillations in the frequency range of 8–12 Hz likely originating from the synchronous and coherent (in phase...

Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol used primarily for residential and commercial building automation. It is a mesh network using low-energy radio...

1995 Chicago heat wave led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents...

In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...

of rogue waves compiles incidents of known and likely rogue waves – also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, and extreme waves. These are...

different names for the electromagnetic waves within each band. From low to high frequency these are: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light,...

gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. Previously, gravitational waves had...

Slow-wave sleep (SWS), often referred to as deep sleep, is the third stage of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), where electroencephalography activity...

The Korean Wave or Hallyu (Korean: 한류; Hanja: 韓流; RR: Hallyu; lit. Flow/Wave of Korea; listen) is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity...

The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything is a 2012 nonfiction book by Michael J. Saylor, founder, chairman, and CEO of MicroStrategy...

is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations. In a transverse wave, the direction of the oscillation...

Measuring the number of deaths caused by a heat wave requires complicated statistical analysis, since heat waves tend to cause large numbers of deaths among...

A quarter-wave monopole, then, has an impedance(p 173) of     73   +   j   43   2 = 36   +   j   21   Ω   . {\textstyle \ {\frac {\ 73\ +\ j\ 43\ }{2}}=36\...

Theta waves generate the theta rhythm, a neural oscillation in the brain that underlies various aspects of cognition and behavior, including learning...

Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications...

In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the...

J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood...

wireless products into two phases ("waves"), named "Wave 1" and "Wave 2". From mid-2013, the alliance started certifying Wave 1 802.11ac products shipped by...

Fourth-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began around the early 2010s and is characterized by a focus on the empowerment of women, the use of internet...

professor Angela Sample cites several conceptual waves of information literacy definitions as defining information as a way of thinking, a set of skills, and...