wave in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wave in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.wave [weɪv] N

1. wave of water:

wave

talas m

2. wave fig (feeling):

wave of emotion

talas emocija

wave of fear/panic

nalet straha/panike

3. wave (series):

wave of redundancies

talas otpuštanja

wave of terrorism

talas terorizma

4. wave (hand movement):

wave

mahanje nt

to give sb a wave

mahnuti nekome

5. wave (hairstyle):

wave

mini-val m

6. wave PHYS:

wave

talas m

II.wave [weɪv] VB intr

1. wave (greet):

wave

mahnuti // mahati

I waved at him across the room

mahnuo sam mu sa druge strane sobe

2. wave (sway):

wave field of grass

zatalasati se // talasati se

wave flag

zavijoriti se // vijoriti se

3. wave (be wavy):

wave

biti talasast imperf

III.wave [weɪv] VB trans

1. wave (signal with):

to wave sb goodbye

mahnuti nekome u znak pozdrava

2. wave (swing):

to wave a magic wand

mahati čarobnim štapićem

3. wave (make wavy):

to wave one's hair

ukovrdžati kosu

'blast wave N

blast wave

udarni talas m

'short wave N

1. short wave (radio wave):

short wave

kratki talasi m

2. short wave (radio):

short wave

kratkotalasni radio m

'shock wave N

1. shock wave PHYS:

shock wave

udarni talas m

2. shock wave fig:

the news sent shock waves through the financial world

vest je izazvala potres u svetu finansija

'me·dium wave N esp Brit

medium wave

srednji talas m

'wa·ter wave N

water wave

vodeni talas m

water wave (hairstyle)

vodena ondulacija f

'sound wave N

sound wave

zvučni talas m

'wave-length N

1. wave-length PHYS:

wave-length

talasna dužina f

Phrases:

to be on the same wave-length

biti na istoj talasnoj dužini

'crime wave N

crime wave

talas m kriminala

'long wave N RADIO

long wave

dugi talasi m

wave Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a new wave of redundancies/violence

novi talas otpuštanja viška radne snage/nasilja

to wave one's arms around

mahati rukama na sve strane

to wave one's magic wand also fig

mahnuti čarobnim štapićem

the policeman wave ond the traffic on

policajac je, mašući rukom, pokazivao da se saobraćaj nastavi

wave of emotion

talas emocija

wave of fear/panic

nalet straha/panike

wave of redundancies

talas otpuštanja

wave of terrorism

talas terorizma

to wave a magic wand

mahati čarobnim štapićem

to be on the same wave-length

biti na istoj talasnoj dužini

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He took a trainer's white towel and held it on a hockey stick, as if to wave a white flag.

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This is the velocity with which the mean wave energy is transported horizontally in a narrow-band wave field.

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Further along the exhaust pipe, the exhaust pressure wave encounters a converging conical section, and this reflects a "positive" pressure wave back up the pipe.

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But the flat line would not last for long, as the third wave was about to surge in a way no one had ever seen.

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The movement of wind waves can be captured by wave energy devices.

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This may result in a change of the positron's state, collapsing its wave function and reducing the instantaneous chance of electron-positron annihilation.

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This wave of municipal reformations was fomented by legislation that allowed a borough to be created by a referendum with no further legislative approval required.

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For example, as a water wave moves, it tends to break and curl forward.

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The significant costs to oil and gas producers complying with this new wave of regulation will be outweighed only by the even more significant costs of non-compliance.

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In transonic flight, wave drag is commonly referred to as transonic compressibility drag.

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