WAVES

WAVES
abbr.
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
(U.S. Navy)

Dictionary of English abbreviation. 2013.

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  • Waves FM — is a local radio station based in Peterhead, North East Scotland. The station is on air 24 hours a day with live shows from six am till midnight (apart from a wave of hits from 6pm 7pm on weekdays which is not presented by a presenter). History… …   Wikipedia

  • Waves II — Compilation album by Crydamoure Released 2003 …   Wikipedia

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  • Waves — [we̱iws; aus engl. waves = Wellen] Mehrz.: im Elektroenzephalogramm auftretende wellenförmige Potentiale …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Waves — [weivz] die (Plur.) <aus engl. waves, eigtl. »Wellen«, zu wave, vgl. ↑Wavetable> im Elektroenzephalogramm auftretende wellenförmige ↑Potenziale (2; Med.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • WAVES — Women Accepted for Volunteer Service Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …   Law dictionary

  • WAVES — (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) women s reserve of the United States Navy that was originally created in 1942 as a volunteer unit of women to do clerical and other work in order to free men for active duty during WWII …   English contemporary dictionary

  • WAVES — [wāvz] n. [orig. < W(omen) A(ppointed for) V(oluntary) E(mergency) S(ervice)] the women s branch of the U.S. Navy …   English World dictionary

  • WAVES — For other meanings, see Wave (disambiguation). A WAVES Photographer s Mate 3rd Class The WAVES were a World War II era division of the U.S. Navy that consisted entirely of women. The name of this group is an acronym for Women Accepted for… …   Wikipedia

  • Waves — /wayvz/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the Women s Reserve of the U.S. Naval Reserve, the distinct force of women enlistees in the U.S. Navy, organized during World War II. Also, WAVES. [1942; W(omen) A(ccepted for) V(olunteer) E(mergency)… …   Universalium

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