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wave Noun

— A wave is the motion of water up and down.

wave Verb

— To move from side to side again and again. The flag waved in the wind.

diagonal

— adjective connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face a diagonal line across the page — noun an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard the bishop moves on the diagonals — noun (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry — noun (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent — noun a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric — adjective (= slanted, slanting) having an oblique or slanted direction — noun (= solidus) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

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amplitude Noun

— The measure of how big something is. — The biggest possible absolute value of the vertical part of a periodic curve. — The biggest possible absolute value of something that changes periodically (like a wave).

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