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  • Thumbnail for List of natural disasters by death toll
    A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than...
    65 KB (2,819 words) - 15:50, 16 November 2024
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    Harmonic (redirect from Harmonic wave)
    In physics, acoustics, and telecommunications, a harmonic is a sinusoidal wave with a frequency that is a positive integer multiple of the fundamental frequency...
    24 KB (2,206 words) - 01:19, 21 June 2024
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    decomposition, germination; physical processes, wave propagation, erosion; tidal flow, and natural disasters such as electromagnetic pulses, volcanic...
    6 KB (534 words) - 15:27, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seismic wave
    vibration arising from a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources. The propagation velocity of a seismic wave depends on density and elasticity of...
    21 KB (2,384 words) - 22:24, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rogue wave
    Rogue waves (also known as freak waves or killer waves) are large and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated...
    112 KB (12,463 words) - 17:29, 12 November 2024
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    Tsunami (redirect from Tsunami wave train)
    (t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large...
    63 KB (7,367 words) - 13:09, 11 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Natural disaster
    droughts, earthquakes, floods, heat waves, landslides, tropical cyclones, volcanic activity and wildfires. Additional natural hazards include blizzards, dust...
    62 KB (9,033 words) - 12:20, 9 November 2024
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    Wave Rock (Nyungar: Katter Kich) is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The "wave" is about 15 m (50 ft) high and...
    11 KB (1,070 words) - 07:53, 9 November 2024
  • The 1980 United States heat wave was a period of intense heat and drought that wreaked havoc on much of the Midwestern United States and Southern Plains...
    6 KB (845 words) - 16:10, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Standing wave
    In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space...
    47 KB (6,567 words) - 17:46, 17 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Radio wave
    "radio wave" replaced the original name "Hertzian wave" around 1912. Radio waves are radiated by charged particles when they are accelerated. Natural sources...
    38 KB (4,043 words) - 00:27, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wave function
    wave function (or wavefunction) is a mathematical description of the quantum state of an isolated quantum system. The most common symbols for a wave function...
    99 KB (13,556 words) - 22:00, 13 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electromagnetic radiation
    In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...
    82 KB (9,691 words) - 18:32, 8 November 2024
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    Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as...
    30 KB (3,217 words) - 01:15, 6 November 2024
  • Matter waves are a central part of the theory of quantum mechanics, being half of wave–particle duality. At all scales where measurements have been practical...
    70 KB (8,042 words) - 17:04, 4 November 2024
  • Luster Products designed to loosen the natural hair texture of people of African descent so that natural wave and curl patterns are looser and more prominent...
    1 KB (174 words) - 19:26, 9 July 2024
  • city of Delft, Netherlands. It is used to simulate forces generated by natural waves in order to test materials used in the construction of dykes. Especially...
    2 KB (170 words) - 01:29, 12 July 2023
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    fibers are very coarse and shed out. Wool's crimp refers to the strong natural wave present in each wool fiber as it is presented on the animal. Wool's crimp...
    43 KB (4,912 words) - 12:44, 29 October 2024
  • closer "Natural Science." Bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee also employed a more restrained vocal delivery compared to previous albums. Permanent Waves was the...
    26 KB (2,276 words) - 19:23, 15 July 2024
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    textile tie dye from Rajasthan, India. Its designs are inspired by the natural wave(leher) patterns formed by the wind blowing across the desert sands of...
    4 KB (397 words) - 15:49, 30 June 2024
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