wafture
         n 1: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand [syn:
               {wave}, {waving}, {wafture}]

English Dictionary: wave theory of light	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wave theory n (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves Synonym(s): wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light Antonym(s): corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wave theory of light n (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves Synonym(s): wave theory, undulatory theory, wave theory of light Antonym(s): corpuscular theory, corpuscular theory of light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wave train n a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whip through v go through very fast; "We whipped through the last papers that we had to read before the weekend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wafter \Waft"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, wafts.                         O Charon, Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane.                                                                               --Beau. & FL.          2. A boat for passage. --Ainsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wafture \Waf"ture\, n.       The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. --R. Browning.                   An angry wafture of your hand.               --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe,       waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136.       See {Wave}, v. i.]       1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as             of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the             particles composing it when disturbed by any force their             position of rest; an undulation.                         The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope.          2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle             through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission             of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all             phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of             vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}.          3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord             Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.                         Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll                      furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine.                                                                               --Chapman.          4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton.          5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the             hand, a flag, etc.          6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered,             or calendered, or on damask steel.          7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or             energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.          {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement             of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration             advances.          {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction             of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation,             as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or             phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same             phase occurs.          {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped             in accordance with the wave-line system.          {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a             system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which             takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave             which travels at a certain speed.          {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27.          {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small             geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera;             -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the             wings.          {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by             waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four             cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11.          {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or             is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a             vibratory state from particle to particle through a body.                      {Wave surface}.             (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal                   displacement of the particles composing a wave of                   vibration.             (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order                   which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave                   surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is                   used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction.                   See under {Refraction}.          {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under             {Undulatory}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Undulatory \Un"du*la*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ondulatoire.]       Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the       motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or       swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating       motion, similar to that of waves.          {Undulatory theory}, [or] {Wave theory} (of light) (Opt.),             that theory which regards its various phenomena as due to             undulations in an ethereal medium, propagated from the             radiant with immense, but measurable, velocities, and             producing different impressions on the retina according to             their amplitude and frequency, the sensation of brightness             depending on the former, that of color on the latter. The             undulations are supposed to take place, not in the             direction of propagation, as in the air waves constituting             sound, but transversely, and the various phenomena of             refraction, polarization, interference, etc., are             attributable to the different affections of these             undulations in different circumstances of propagation. It             is computed that the frequency of the undulations             corresponding to the several colors of the spectrum ranges             from 458 millions of millions per second for the extreme             red ray, to 727 millions of millions for the extreme             violet, and their lengths for the same colors, from the             thirty-eight thousandth to the sixty thousandth part of an             inch. The theory of ethereal undulations is applicable not             only to the phenomena of light, but also to those of heat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{To make one's way}, to advance in life by one's personal             efforts.          {To make way}. See under {Make}, v. t.          {Ways and means}.             (a) Methods; resources; facilities.             (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for                   revenue.          {Way leave}, permission to cross, or a right of way across,             land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]          {Way of the cross} (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in             rotation the stations of the cross. See {Station}, n., 7             (c) .          {Way of the rounds} (Fort.), a space left for the passage of             the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified             town.          {Way pane}, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See {Pane},             n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]          {Way passenger}, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some             intermediate place between the principal stations on a             line of travel.          {Ways of God}, his providential government, or his works.          {Way station}, an intermediate station between principal             stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.          {Way train}, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,             stations; an accommodation train.          {Way warden}, the surveyor of a road.          Syn: Street; highway; road.          Usage: {Way}, {Street}, {Highway}, {Road}. Way is generic,                   denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway                   is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and                   convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way                   for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,                   a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,                   hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or                   highways in compact settlements.                               All keep the broad highway, and take delight                            With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.                               There is but one road by which to climb up.                                                                               --Addison.                               When night Darkens the streets, then wander                            forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence                            and wine.                                    --Milton.