Afterwave
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wave (in literal and figurative senses) that follows something.
"1801, Robert Charles Dallas (translator), The Natural History of Volcanoes by the Abbé Ordinaire, London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Chapter 22, p. 158, From the fierce burning stream, the afterwaves keep those over which they flow, in a state of fusion:"
Example
More examples"1801, Robert Charles Dallas (translator), The Natural History of Volcanoes by the Abbé Ordinaire, London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Chapter 22, p. 158, From the fierce burning stream, the afterwaves keep those over which they flow, in a state of fusion:"
Etymology
From after- + wave.
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