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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

motion, movement go
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

wave, undulation go
(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

vibration, oscillation
(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

noun.event

5 Subcategories

ripple go
(electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
transient go
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
beat go
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies
resonance go
a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
sympathetic vibration go
(physics) vibration produced by resonance