wave-linen.
/ˈweɪvlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈweɪvˌlaɪn/ 1. Shipbuilding. An outline recommended by some naval architects for the hull of a vessel as facilitating movement through the waves.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations
middle line?c1400
sweep1627
lines1680
touch1711
waterline1750
station1754
sheer-draught1769
body plan1781
sheer-line1797
sheer-plan1797
touchline1797
water plane1798
centreline1806
buttock line1816
crown1830
scrieve1830
top-breadth line1846
wave-line1846
floor-plan1867
1846 Mechanics' Mag. 24 Oct. 391 What is the wave line? According to its ingenious author, Mr. J. Scott Russell, it differs from an ordinary ship's bow..in this, that it is ‘gently hollower than such a bow towards the cutwater, and a little rounder towards the greatest breadth’.
1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 441/2 The wave-line theories..had been adopted.
2. Physics. The path of a wave of light, sound, etc.; also, the graphic representation of the path.
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > path of
wave-line1888
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > diagram > graph > type of
wave-line1888
periodogram1898
periodograph1899
Lorenz curve1909
bar chart1914
growth curve1916
bar diagram1923
bar graph1925
line graph1956
1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 30 They are thrown into a wave line through the successive vibration of the other particles from the line of rest.
1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 31 The wave-line..is just half a wave-length.
3. Each of the lines or furrows produced by the action of the waves on a sandy beach.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > sandy > furrow made by waves
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1891 Cent. Dict.
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