Wave

(wav)[AS., ivafian, to waver in mind]. I. A movement in a body which is propagated with a continuous motion, each particle of the body vibrating through a fixed path, usually a closed curve. 2. One of the curves in a series of curves representing a wave-like motion. W. -length, the distance between corresponding points, usually the crests, of two adjacent waves. W., Tidal, in the sphygmogram, the wave succeeding the percu ion-wave, and due to the volume of blood poured out from the heart reaching the arteries. Wavy Respiration. Cog-wheel respiration, a type of breathing expiration in which but is not continuous, inspiration’ jerky and or interrupted. 661