Wave

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

The wave (also Mexican wave in some countries outside North America) is a type of metachronal rhythm achieved in a populated stadium or other large seated venue, when successive groups of spectators briefly stand and raise their arms.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Wave (audience)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.