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wave theory

wave theory proper noun: synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).

Proper noun

the wave theory

  1. Synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
    Synonyms:
    wave model

wave theory meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

wave theory in Tamil

அலைக் கொள்கை, அலைக் கோட்பாடு

wave theory in Malayalam

തരംഗസിദ്ധാന്തം

Synonyms of wave theory

Origin of wave theory

Calque of German Wellentheorie.

Questions about wave theory

What does wave theory mean?
Wave theory means synonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
What is wave theory in Tamil?
Wave theory in Tamil is அலைக் கொள்கை, அலைக் கோட்பாடு. See Wave theory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wave theory?
Wave theory is a proper noun.

Words near wave theory in the dictionary

  1. wave shoaling
  2. wave ski
  3. wave skis
  4. wave the bloody shirt
  5. wave the white flag
  6. wave theory
  7. wave through
  8. wave train
  9. wave trains
  10. wave turn
  11. wave vector

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wave theory (page history and authors); wave theory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wave theory (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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