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wave tank

American

noun

a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.

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They assembled a number of cylinders, each spaced about a foot apart, to form a fence-like structure, which they then lowered into a wave tank at MIT.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Working with other scientists from U.S.C., the two men built a prototype wave tank, modelling the long, powerful, immaculate wave that Slater imagined.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

Users might, for example, make waves in a wave tank and watch them interact.

From Nature • Oct. 2, 2018

I built a wave tank in the back of Mr. Ferretti’s classroom, adjusting a small electric fan and a cardboard baffle and other elements until I generated miniature breakers foaming on a mock beach.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2010

Seeking a quick way to build up Western Europe's oil-hauling capacity, Hawthorne began experimenting in a wave tank with sausage skins filled with alcohol.

From Time Magazine Archive

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