A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.
Wave or waves may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters Wave (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Universe Wave the Swallow, a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Wave, a character in Agame ga Kill!
Literature and writing Wave (magazine), an English-language, monthly magazine in Nepal Wave (Deraniyagala book), a 2013 memoir by Sonali Deraniyagala Wave Books, an American publisher
Music The wave (music), a movement of post-hardcore Wave music, an electronic bass music genre
People Rod Wave, American singer and rapper
Bands Wave (band), a Canadian pop band Waves (band), a New Zealand folk rock band Wavves, an American rock band
Albums
Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim album), 1967 Wave (Patti Smith Group album), 1979 Wave (T-Square album), 1989 Wave (Murray Head album), 1992 Wave (CNBLUE album), 2014 Wave (Patrick Watson album), 2019 Wave (Ive EP), 2023 Wave (WEi EP), 2024
Songs
"Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim song), 1967 "Wave" (Asake and Central Cee song), 2024 "Wave" (Beck song), 2014 "Wave" (Meghan Trainor song), 2019 "Wave", a 2018 song by Justin Timberlake from Man of the Woods "Wave", a song by Ateez from the album Treasure EP.3: One to All
Radio and television stations
DWAV, an FM radio station in Metro Manila, Philippines formerly known as Wave 89.1 (2001–2024) WAVE (TV), an American television station Wave FM, a former radio station in Dundee WAVE Radio, a radio station in Belize City WGTK (AM), a radio station in Louisville, Kentucky formerly operated as WAVE CHKX-FM, Canadian radio station known as Wave 947 Wave, a pair of television idents for BBC Two; see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents
Businesses and organizations
Wave (financial services and software), a Canadian company Wave Broadband, an American service provider WAVE Trust, Worldwide Alternatives to Violence, a charity WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, a former branch of the U.S. Navy Waves Audio, an Israeli company Women Against Violence Europe
Politics Landslide victory, in electoral politics Wave elections in the United States Conservative wave, a political phenomenon in the mid-2010s to early 2020s in Latin America
Sport Milwaukee Wave, an American soccer team Pepperdine Waves, the athletic program of Pepperdine University, U.S. Wilmington Waves, an American baseball team
Technology
WAV, Waveform Audio File Format, also known as WAVE Wave (smart speaker), by Naver Corporation and Line Corporation WAVE, Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments, alias for IEEE 802.11p wireless standard Apache Wave, formerly Google Wave, a software framework Wave, a 2014 iOS 8 hoax feature PV-Wave, a programming language WebAIM WAVE, an accessibility evaluation tool Samsung Wave, a smartphone developed and produced by Samsung Electronics Samsung Wave II, a smartphone developed and produced by Samsung Electronics
Vehicles , a sailing vessel wrecked in 1848 , operated by the Hudson's Bay Company from 1840–1841; see Hudson's Bay Company vessels , the name of several United States Navy ships Airwave Wave, an Austrian paraglider design Bajaj Wave, a motor scooter Honda Wave series, motorcycles Pontiac Wave, a car
Other uses Wind wave or swell, surface wave on waterbodies generated by wind and gravity equilibrium Wave (audience), or Mexican wave, when successive spectators raise their arms Wave (gesture), involving moving one's hand Wave (typeface) Waves (hairstyle), a hairstyle for curly hair
See also
Wav (disambiguation) Waves (disambiguation) The Wave (disambiguation) Blue Wave (disambiguation) Great Wave (disambiguation) Wave model (disambiguation) Wave, Wave, a South Korean soap opera