New Wave: Subgenre of rock popular since the late 1970s, highly influenced by simple 1950s-style rock and roll: developed as a rejection of the complexities of art rock and heavy metal.

 

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New Wave: Subgenre of rock popular since the late 1970s, highly influenced by simple 1950s-style rock and roll: developed as a rejection of the complexities of art rock and heavy metal.

Radio Wave: Any electromagnetic wave at a frequency between approximately 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz (a radio frequency range).

Radio Waves: Electromagnetic energy with frequencies in the 3000 hertz (3 kHz) to 300 billion Hertz (300 GHz) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Primary Seismic Waves: The fastest set of earthquake vibrations - also known as P-waves. They move through the Earth in compression and expansion motions (much like sound waves move through air). Called primary be . . . View Full Definition

Nonrenewable Resources: Nonrenewable resources, in contrast to renewable resources, do not naturally replenish themselves within time limits that permit sustained yield (i.e., minerals and hydrocarbons, such as pho . . . View Full Definition

P-Wave: Primary seismic waves. The fastest set of earthquake vibrations. They move through the Earth in compression and expansion motions (much like sound waves move through air). Called primary bec . . . View Full Definition

Refraction (Wave): The departure of a wave from its original direction of travel at the interface with a material of different index of refraction (light) or seismic wave velocity (see also Seismic refraction).

Renewable Resource: A resource that can be replenished through natural processes within a human life span, if it is soundly managed. Compare nonrenewable resource.

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