Index of wave articles This is a list of wave topics. 0–9 21 cm line A Abbe prism Absorption spectroscopy Absorption spectrum Absorption wavemeter Acoustic wave Acoustic wave equation Acoustics Acousto-optic effect Acousto-optic modulator Acousto-optics Airy disc Airy wave theory Alfvén wave Alpha waves Amphidromic point Amplitude Amplitude modulation Animal echolocation Antarctic Circumpolar Wave Antiphase Aquamarine Power Arrayed waveguide grating Artificial wave Atmospheric diffraction Atmospheric wave Atmospheric waveguide Atom laser Atomic clock Atomic mirror Audience wave Autowave Averaged Lagrangian B Babinet's principle Backward wave oscillator Bandwidth-limited pulse beat Berry phase Bessel beam Beta wave Black hole Blazar Bloch's theorem Blueshift Boussinesq approximation (water waves) Bow wave Bragg diffraction Bragg's law Breaking wave Bremsstrahlung, Electromagnetic radiation Brillouin scattering Bullet bow shockwave Burgers' equation Business cycle C Capillary wave Carrier wave Cherenkov radiation Chirp Ernst Chladni Circular polarization Clapotis Closed waveguide Cnoidal wave Coherence (physics) Coherence length Coherence time Cold wave Collimated light Collimator Compton effect Comparison of analog and digital recording Computation of radiowave attenuation in the atmosphere Continuous phase modulation Continuous wave Convective heat transfer Coriolis frequency Coronal mass ejection Cosmic microwave background radiation Coulomb wave function Cutoff frequency Cutoff wavelength Cymatics D Damped wave Decollimation Delta wave Dielectric waveguide Diffraction Direction finding Dispersion (optics) Dispersion (water waves) Dispersion relation Dominant wavelength Doppler effect Doppler radar Douglas Sea Scale Draupner wave Droplet-shaped wave Duhamel's principle E E-skip Earthquake Echo (phenomenon) Echo sounding Echolocation (animal) Echolocation (human) Eddy (fluid dynamics) Edge wave Eikonal equation Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman transport El Niño–Southern Oscillation Electroencephalography Electromagnetic electron wave Electromagnetic radiation Electromagnetic wave Electromagnetic wave cut-off Electron Elliott wave Elliptical polarization Emission spectrum Envelope (waves) Equatorial Rossby wave Equatorial waves Essential bandwidth Evanescent wave Extratropical cyclone Extremely low frequency F F wave Fabry–Pérot interferometer Faraday wave Fetch (geography) Fourier series Fraunhofer diffraction Fraunhofer distance Freak wave French New Wave Frequency Frequency modulation Fresnel diffraction Fresnel equations Fresnel integral Fresnel lens Fresnel number Fresnel rhomb Fresnel zone Fresnel–Arago laws Fundamental frequency G Gamma ray Gamma ray burst Gamma wave Gaussian beam Geometric optics, Geometrical optics Geostrophic current Gravitational radiation Gravity wave Groundwave Group delay Group velocity H Harmonic Heat wave Holography Human echolocation Hundred-year wave Hurricane Huygens' principle Hydraulic jump Hydrography Hydropower Hyperbolic partial differential equation I In phase Inertial wave Infragravity wave Infrared gas analyzer Inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave equation Interference (wave propagation) Interferometry Internal wave Inverse scattering transform Ion acoustic wave Irradiance J Japanese New Wave K Kelvin wave Kinematic wave Knife-edge effect Kondratiev wave L Lamb waves Landau damping Lee wave Linear elasticity Linear polarization List of New Wave movements List of waves named after people Long wavelength limit Longitudinal mode Longitudinal wave Longwave Love wave M Mach wave Mach–Zehnder interferometer Maelstrom (disambiguation) Magnetometer Magnetosonic wave Matter wave Maxwell's equations Mayer waves Mechanical wave Medical ultrasonography Mediumwave Megatsunami Microbarom Microwave Microwave auditory effect Microwave oven Microwave plasma Microwaving Mie scattering Millimeter cloud radar Modulation Monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave Monochromator Moonlight Morning Glory cloud Mu wave Multipath propagation N Neural oscillation Neutron New Wave (competition) New Wave (design) New Wave (manga) New Wave (science fiction) New wave music in Yugoslavia New wave music New wave of American heavy metal New wave of British heavy metal New wave of traditional heavy metal Nondispersive infrared sensor Nonlinear Schrödinger equation Nonlinear wave Nonlinear X-wave Normal mode O Ocean surface wave One-Way Wave Equation Optical fiber Optical waveguide Oscillon Out of phase Outgoing longwave radiation Overtone Oyster wave energy converter P P-wave Parabolic reflector Periodic function Periodic travelling wave Phase (waves) Phase difference Phase modulation Phase velocity Phonon Photon Pitch shifter (audio processor) Planck constant Planck's law Plane wave Polarization (waves) Ponto-geniculo-occipital waves, PGO waves Power standing wave ratio pp-wave spacetime Pressure wave Prism Proton Pulsar Pulsar wind nebula Pulse wave velocity Pulse-density modulation Q QT interval quadrature Quadrature amplitude modulation Quantum optics Quantum tunneling Quantum Zeno effect R Radar Radar astronomy Radar cross section Radar gun Radio propagation Radio wave Radiosity (heat transfer) Rayleigh scattering Rayleigh wave Rayleigh–Jeans law Redshift Reflection coefficient Reflection seismology Refraction Relativistic Doppler effect Resonance Resonator Ring laser gyroscope Ring modulation Ring wave guide Rip current ripple Ripple tank Rogue wave (oceanography) Rossby wave Rossby-gravity waves Rydberg constant Rydberg formula S S-wave Sampling (signal processing) Sawtooth wave Schrödinger equation Sea state Seiche Seismic wave Seismograph Seismology Sellmeier equation Shallow water equations Shive wave machine Shock wave Shortwave radio Signal velocity Significant wave height Sine wave Single-sideband modulation Sinusoidal plane-wave solutions of the electromagnetic wave equation Skywave Slow-wave potential Slow-wave sleep Sneaker wave Solitary wave Soliton Sonar Sonic anemometers Sound wave Spark-gap transmitter Spectroscopy Speed of gravity Speed of light Speed of sound Spike-and-wave Spin wave Square wave Standing wave Standing wave ratio Stefan–Boltzmann law Stokes drift Stokes wave Subharmonic Super low frequency Superharmonic Superposition principle Supersonic Wave Filter Surface acoustic wave Surface wave Surface wave inversion Surface-wave magnitude Surface-wave-sustained discharge Surfing Sverdrup wave Swell (ocean) Synthetic-aperture radar T T wave Terrestrial gamma-ray flash Terrestrial stationary waves Theta wave Tidal bore Tidal power Tidal resonance Tide Tired light theory Transverse mode Transverse wave Traveling plane wave Traveling wave antenna Traveling wave reactor Traveling-wave tube Triangle wave Trigonometric function Trojan wave packet Tropical wave Tsunami Turbidity current U Ultra low frequency Ultrasound Ultraviolet catastrophe Undertow (wave action) Underwater wave Undular bore V Velocity factor Vestigial-sideband modulation Vibrating string Voltage standing wave ratio Vortex Vorticity W Wake Wave (audience) Wave base Wave disk engine Wave drag Wave equation Wave farm Wave field synthesis Wave function Wave function collapse Wave height Wave impedance Wave loading Wave motor Wave packet Wave period Wave plate Wave pool Wave pounding Wave power Wave propagation Wave shoaling Wave surface Wave tank Wave turbulence Wave vector Wave velocity Wave–current interaction Wave-cut platform Wave-making resistance Waveform Waveform monitor Wave-formed ripple Wavefront Wavefunction Wavefunction collapse Waveguide Waveguide (acoustics) Waveguide (electromagnetism) Waveguide (optics) Waveguide flange Wavelength Wavelength selective switching Wavelength-division multiplexing Wavelet Wavelet transform Wavenumber Zonal wavenumber Wavenumber-frequency diagram Wave–particle duality Waverider Waves and shallow water Waves in plasmas Whitham's method Wien approximation Wien's displacement law Wien's law Wind wave Windsurfing X X-band radar X-ray X-wave Z Zero-dispersion slope Zero-dispersion wavelength Zigzag Zodiacal light Zone plate Indices General reference Culture and the arts Geography and places Health and fitness History and events Law Mathematics and logic Natural and physical sciences People and self Philosophy and thinking Religion and belief systems Society and social sciences Technology and applied sciences