Plane Waves
When the rippler is lowered so that it just touches the surface of the water, plane waves will seen to be produced. (In the illustration, the brown rectangle is the rippler).
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Famous quotes containing the words plane and/or waves:
“As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands.
Curtsied when you have and kissed
The wild waves whist,
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)