superwave
A particularly large or intense wave.
Noun
- A particularly large or intense wave.
- The "superwave" listed in the table developed during the latter storm. - 1972, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the North Pacific Ocean, Issue 152, page...
- These superwaves are produced continuously in every piece of matter in the universe — in the planets, the stars, and even in the voids between — and every tiny particle - event taking place at any point in the cosmos...
- The geologic record registers a number of other things happening around the time of this superwave passage. - 2006, Paul A. LaViolette, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars: Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy,...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English wave English superwave From super- + wave.