wave train

American  

noun

Physics.

1. a series of successive waves spaced at regular intervals.

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wave train British  

noun

1. physics a series of waves travelling in the same direction and spaced at regular intervals

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wave train Scientific  

1. A succession of wave cycles moving at the same speed and typically having the same wavelength.

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Etymology

Origin of wave train

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

This warming creates stronger “wave trains” of atmospheric energy that propagate along the jet stream toward North America.

From Los Angeles Times

Tuesday evening’s wave train was big enough to be seen from weather satellites in space!

From Washington Post

It’s not clear why the jet stream wavered and set off this so-called wave train of weather systems, Francis says.

From Science Magazine

Health officials fear another major wave of infections in the fall, and a possible wave train beyond.

From Seattle Times

What we are waiting for on distant coasts is the energy that escapes from the storm, radiating outward into calmer waters in the form of wave trains—groups of waves, increasingly organized, that travel together.

From The New Yorker