superwave

English

Etymology

super- +‎ wave

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈweɪv/

Noun

superwave (plural superwaves)

(physics) A particularly large or intense wave.
- 1972, United States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the North Pacific Ocean, Issue 152‎, page 83:
  The "superwave" listed in the table developed during the latter storm.
- 1981, James P. Hogan, The Genesis Machine‎, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 175:
  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 makes itself known instantly at each and every other point.
- 2006, Paul A. LaViolette, Decoding the Message of the Pulsars: Intelligent Communication from the Galaxy, page 98:
  The geologic record registers a number of other things happening around the time of this superwave passage.

References

“superwave”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“superwave” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
“superwave”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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