“Waives” or “Waves”—Which to use?

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What each term means

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nounone of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
nouna movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
noun(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
nounsomething that rises rapidly.
nounthe act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
nouna hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
nounan undulating curve.
nouna persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures).
nouna member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch.
verbset waves in.

Usage

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…of natural phenomena such as waves, sea breeze, lightning, thunders, earthquakes,…
…a laser diode into two waves propagating in the clockwise and…
…fleet was lost to the waves.
…of different fuels on pressure waves and knock in reciprocating engines"…
…have started to detect gravitational waves.
…the anal canal and peristaltic waves push the feces out of…
Rarely, there are peristaltic waves that may be felt or…
…and to produce high-power carrier waves for communications and the driving…
…to the development of scattered convection.
…vibrates when struck by sound waves, changing the distance between the…

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