WAVE TRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wave train mean? 

• WAVE TRAIN (noun)
  The noun WAVE TRAIN has 1 sense:

1. a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals

  Familiarity information: WAVE TRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAVE TRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A succession of waves spaced at regular intervals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("wave train" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

 Context examples 

JunoCam data has detected atmospheric wave trains, towering atmospheric structures that trail one after the other as they roam the planet, with most concentrated near Jupiter's equator.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)

Most of the waves are seen in elongated wave trains, spread out in an east-west direction, with wave crests that are perpendicular to the orientation of the train.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)

Other fronts in similar wave trains tilt significantly with respect to the orientation of the wave train, and still other wave trains follow slanted or meandering paths.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)