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wave shoaling

wave shoaling noun: the effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.

Noun

wave shoaling (uncountable)

  1. The effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.

Questions about wave shoaling

What does wave shoaling mean?
Wave shoaling means the effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.
What part of speech is wave shoaling?
Wave shoaling is a noun.

Words near wave shoaling in the dictionary

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  2. wave riders
  3. wave runner
  4. wave scroll
  5. wave scrolls
  6. wave shoaling
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