waves

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If the sun gives rise to the aetherial light waves, and these light waves are identical with electro-magnetic waves as proved by Hertz, then the sun must either be an electrified body or else a magnet It must be one or the other, because, if it were not, we should then have an anomaly in Nature of a body emitting electro-magnetic waves which is itself neither electrified nor a magnet.

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  1. intransitive verb To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.
  2. intransitive verb To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand: waved as she drove by.
  3. intransitive verb To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl: Her hair waves naturally.
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  • All that remained floating atop the waves were a few crates, a bro-ken section of mast, and a scattering of planks. —  Witch Star.htm
  • Kazo disagreed: swimming beneath the waves was the closest she felt to detachment, but Haisho said it was an illusion and dangerous for its feigned peace. —  AnalogSFF,December2007
  • Farther out, the waves were angrier than they were along the shore. —  Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon
  • If the sun gives rise to the aetherial light waves, and these light waves are identical with electro-magnetic waves as proved by Hertz, then the sun must either be an electrified body or else a magnet It must be one or the other, because, if it were not, we should then have an anomaly in Nature of a body emitting electro-magnetic waves which is itself neither electrified nor a magnet. —  Aether and Gravitation
  • When the waves were almost touching him he shrieked to his wife Leave me the white stone; it has magical powers. —  A Treasury of Eskimo Tales
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