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complex wave

noun

  1. physics a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
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Timbre is caused by the fact that each note from a musical instrument is a complex wave containing more than one frequency.

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Norway’s transport minister, Ketil Solvik-Olsen, said that sea currents and underwater topography in the country’s south-western coast “result in particularly complex wave conditionsâ€.

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Transportation Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen had said Wednesday that sea currents and underwater topography in this part of Norway’s southwestern coast “result in particularly complex wave conditions.â€

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And then there’s quantum physics—the stuff of superposition and complex wave function and the entanglement of particles that even Einstein once referred to as “spooky action at a distance.â€

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The Sarbanes-Oxley principles are old hat to most boards, but those boards are now struggling with a new and more complex wave of regulatory enforcement.

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