rogue wave
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English
Noun
rogue wave (plural rogue waves)
- (nautical, surfing) An unexpected, dangerously large wave.
- 1974 June, Ben Kocivar, “75-knot ocean-going surface-effect ship”, in Popular Science, volume 204, number 6, retrieved 28 October 2015, page 91:
- Then one giant crest spills green water over the bow and stops our 100-ton vehicle as though it had ploughed into a gargantuan hay bale. . . . The rogue wave our experimental 78-foot craft hit must have been well over 10 feet high.
- 1984 June 4, Robert D. McFadden, “18 Missing, 1 Dead and 9 Rescued as Tall Ship is Lost near Bermuda”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 October 2015:
- One of her owners, Mark Litchfield, was quoted by United Press International as saying a “rogue wave” might have knocked the ship over.
- 2010 March 4, Bryan Walsh, “Cruise-Ship Disaster: How Do ‘Rogue Waves’ Work?”, in Time, retrieved 28 October 2015:
- Scientists still don't know exactly how rogue waves occur, nor do they know how to predict them.
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Translations
unexpected, dangerously large wave
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