"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...
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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...
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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...
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Tsunami (redirect from Tsunami wave train)
(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...
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past and the cause of its future". Quantum physics instead encodes information as a wave function, which prevents observers from directly identifying all...
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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...
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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...
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Gravitational waves are transient displacements in a gravitational field—generated by the motion or acceleration of gravitating masses—that radiate outward...
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Schrödinger equation (redirect from Schrödinger Wave Equation)
Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a quantum-mechanical system.: 1–2 Its discovery was a significant...
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Sound (redirect from Sound wave)
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...
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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...
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Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol used primarily for residential and commercial building automation. It is a mesh network using low-energy radio...
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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...
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Electromagnetic radiation (redirect from Electromagnetic wave)
In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...
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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...
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Electromagnetic spectrum (category Waves)
different names for the electromagnetic waves within each band. From low to high frequency these are: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light,...
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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...
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Slow-wave sleep (SWS), often referred to as deep sleep, is the third stage of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), where electroencephalography activity...
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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...
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The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything is a 2012 nonfiction book by Michael J. Saylor, founder, chairman, and CEO of MicroStrategy...
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is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations. In a transverse wave, the direction of the oscillation...
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List of natural disasters by death toll (redirect from Deadliest heat wave)
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...
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Dipole antenna (redirect from Half wave radiator)
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\...
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Theta waves generate the theta rhythm, a neural oscillation in the brain that underlies various aspects of cognition and behavior, including learning...
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Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications...
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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...
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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...
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IEEE 802.11ac-2013 (redirect from 802.11ac Wave 1)
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...
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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...
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professor Angela Sample cites several conceptual waves of information literacy definitions as defining information as a way of thinking, a set of skills, and...
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