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Look up first-waver in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. First wave may refer to: First-wave feminism, a period of feminist history during the late 19th
First_wave
Period of feminist activity, 19th and early 20th centuries
First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It
First-wave_feminism
Early form of the black metal genre
The first wave of black metal was a musical movement of black metal which lasted from around 1982 until 1991. Stylistically distinct from the genre's quintessential
First-wave_black_metal
1998–2001 Canadian television show
First Wave is a Canadian science fiction drama television series, filmed in Vancouver, that aired from 1998 to 2001 on the Space Channel in Canada. The
First_Wave_(TV_series)
Coffee movement emphasizing quality
coffee were all hallmarks of first wave coffee. First wave coffee focuses on low price and consistent taste. The second wave of coffee began with purveyors
Third-wave_coffee
2015 detection made by LIGO interferometers
The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February
First observation of gravitational waves
First_observation_of_gravitational_waves
Era of colonization in the 15th–19th centuries
The first wave of European colonization began with Spanish and Portuguese conquests and explorations, and primarily involved the European colonization
First wave of European colonization
First_wave_of_European_colonization
Major surges of democracy in history
democratic waves. Huntington describes three waves: the first "slow" wave of the 19th century, a second wave after World War II, and a third wave beginning
Waves_of_democracy
2021 American documentary film by Matthew Heineman
The First Wave is a 2021 American documentary film, directed and produced by Matthew Heineman. The film follows a hospital in New York City, as it battles
The_First_Wave_(film)
Music genre derivative of punk rock
groups like the Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. The first wave of bands emerged in the early 2010s, including Adventures, Balance and
Emo
Rock music genre
free jazz, contemporary classical and avant-garde electronica. Often, first wave post-rock groups exhibited influence from the krautrock of the 1970s,
Post-rock
Subgenre of heavy metal music
often appear in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. Venom initiated the "first wave" of black metal, with their 1982 album Black Metal giving it its name
Black_metal
Synchronized action by a stadium audience
The wave (also Mexican wave outside North America) is a type of metachronal rhythm achieved in a packed stadium or other large seated venue, when successive
Wave_(audience)
2016 film by J Blakeson
The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by J Blakeson from a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner
The_5th_Wave_(film)
Dynamic disturbance in a medium or field
traveling wave; by contrast, a pair of identical superimposed periodic waves traveling in opposite directions makes a standing wave. In a standing wave, the
Wave
Period of feminist activity, 1960s–1980s
feminist gains of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Second-wave feminism built on first-wave feminism and broadened the scope of debate to include a wider
Second-wave_feminism
Young adult book trilogy by Rick Yancey
Wave is a trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels written by American author Rick Yancey. The series started in May 2013 with the first
The_5th_Wave_(series)
1941 Japanese attack on the US
wave would have required landing both the first and second wave before launching the first wave again. Compare Nagumo's situation in the Battle of Midway
Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
Branch of the US Ku Klux Klan
intolerance into everyday life through mostly non-violent tactics. The first wave of the WKKK began in the mid-1860s. Co-founded by Rosie Chappell, it lasted
Women_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan
Period in Europe with mass population movements, 4th – 6th century AD
Germany to the adjacent lands between the Elbe and Oder after 1000 BC. The first wave moved westward and southward (pushing the resident Celts west to the Rhine
Migration_Period
This is a list of notable first wave punk rock musicians (1971–1979). Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 4 Skins 45
List of 1970s punk rock musicians
List_of_1970s_punk_rock_musicians
Music genre
Distortion, Rancid, the Offspring, Bad Religion, Blink-182, and NOFX. The first wave of punk rock was "aggressively modern" and differed from what came before
Punk_rock
Type of seismic wave
continuum mechanics, a P wave (primary wave or pressure wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves or seismic waves. P waves travel faster than
P_wave
Heavy metal movement (1970s–1980s)
The new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that began in England in the mid-1970s and achieved
New wave of British heavy metal
New_wave_of_British_heavy_metal
Genre of heavy metal music
David Bowie and New York Dolls (and to a lesser extent, the punk and new wave movements taking place concurrently in New York City) were fused with the
Glam_metal
metalcore bands List of nu metal bands List of new wave of American heavy metal bands List of new wave of British heavy metal bands List of power metal
List_of_heavy_metal_bands
Working-class youth subculture
prominence of skinheads came in two waves, with the first wave taking place in the late 1960s in the UK. The first skinheads were working class youths
Skinhead
Swimming pool with artificial waves
A wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, large waves, similar to those of the ocean. Wave pools are often a major feature
Wave_pool
Chronological narrative of the movements and ideologies aimed at equal rights for women
conventionally split into time periods, or "waves", each with slightly different aims based on prior progress: First-wave feminism of the 19th and early 20th
History_of_feminism
1918–1920 global influenza pandemic
(0.02% in the first wave and 0.27% in the second wave) because of exposure to the less-lethal first wave. After the lethal second wave, new cases dropped
Spanish_flu
1940 plan for German invasion of Britain
of such captured equipment meant that the first wave divisions were largely motorised, with the first wave using 9.3% (4,200) of the 45,000 horses normally
Operation_Sea_Lion
Unexpectedly large transient ocean surface wave
Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, or killer waves) are large and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships
Rogue_wave
2010 video game
Steam. First Wave is the mobile version of Dungeon Defenders, and was one of the first Unreal Engine 3 games available for iOS and the first available
Dungeon_Defenders
First Wave is a Canadian science fiction drama television series created by Chris Brancato, with Francis Ford Coppola as the show's executive producer
List_of_First_Wave_episodes
American media franchise
two female action figures in the initial wave. Featured less often than the other characters in the first wave, Zodac was originally listed as an evil
Masters_of_the_Universe
Form of feminism limited to white women
marginalized. This criticism has predominantly been leveled against the first waves of feminism which were seen as centered around the empowerment of white
White_feminism
Music subgenre
believed to be the sound of emo's first wave: "Depending on who you ask, we are currently on either our fourth or fifth wave of emo music. [...] Midwest emo
Midwest_emo
Campaigns for reforms on feminist issues
marital freedoms. Second-wave feminism attempted to further combat social and cultural inequalities. Although the first wave of feminism involved mainly
Feminist_movement
Series of water waves
(t)soo-NAH-mee, (t)suu-; from Japanese: 津波, lit. 'harbour wave', pronounced [tsɯnami]) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large
Tsunami
German system of mobilization in 1939–1945
Wehrmacht in late 1938. Peacetime units were the first wave, and 34 other waves followed until the 35th wave in April 1945. Several types of divisions were
Aufstellungswelle
waves came in 10-minute intervals after the first wave. The third wave was the strongest, with a maximum tsunami wave height of 11 m (36 ft). Waves nearly
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami
Method of market analysis
The Elliott wave principle, or Elliott wave theory, is a form of technical analysis that helps financial traders analyze market cycles and forecast market
Elliott_wave_principle
Type of therapy to improve mental health
philosophical precursors in Stoicism, it developed in three waves in the 20th century. The first wave consisted of the development of behaviorism in the 1920s
Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
Japanese erotic cinema
such as those depicted in Imamura's film The Pornographers (1966). The first wave of the pink film in Japan was contemporary with the similar American sexploitation
Pink_film
Transport of energy by wind waves, and the capture of that energy to do useful work
desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter (WEC). Waves are generated primarily by wind passing over the sea's
Wave_power
Music genre
Motörhead and Trouble. The influence of these bands led to the genre's first wave with Hellbastard, Deviated Instinct and Concrete Sox. By the late 1980s
Crust_punk
Subculture of hardcore punk
Additionally, the second wave experienced a change in music style. Where the first wave was influenced by hardcore punk, the second wave brought in aspects
Straight_edge
Norwegian music scene
from the first wave of black metal, largely founding the early Norwegian black metal scene. The band drew on the influence of the first wave of black
Early Norwegian black metal scene
Early_Norwegian_black_metal_scene
Range of socio-political movements and ideologies
viewpoints and political aims. Traditionally, since the 19th century, first-wave liberal feminism, which sought political and legal equality through reforms
Feminism
Social movement against anti-fat bias
Women's Group was formed, the first British fat activist group, and was active between approximately 1985 and 1989. Other first wave activities included the
Fat_acceptance_movement
Wave that remains in a constant position
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space
Standing_wave
Branch of anarchism that puts a particular emphasis on feminism
and began to organise their own movement to address their own needs. First-wave feminists established women's groups as flat organizations that used consensus
Anarcha-feminism
Aspect of relativity in physics
Gravitational waves are waves of spacetime curvature produced by the relative motion of gravitating masses and which propagate away at the speed of light
Gravitational_wave
United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism. As of 2025, the United States is ranked
Feminism_in_the_United_States
Music genre
Seether, and Staind achieved mainstream success in this second wave. Some bands in this wave also had crossover with the alternative metal and nu metal genres
Post-grunge
WWII amphibious landing zone in France
difficulties as had the first. The second wave was larger, and so the defenders' fire was less concentrated. The survivors of the first wave were unable to provide
Omaha_Beach
American general and politician (1887–1944)
division commander of the 4th Infantry Division. In this role, he led the first wave of troops ashore at Utah Beach during the Normandy landings in June 1944
Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr.
licensed pulp characters mixed with pulp-like DC characters, DC launched the First Wave line in 2009. In July 2010, DC shutdown its CMX imprint and moved Megatokyo
List_of_DC_Comics_imprints
Danish heavy metal band
use of Christian themes) and the occult, Mercyful Fate was part of the first wave of black metal in the early to mid-1980s, along with Venom and Bathory
Mercyful_Fate
Canadian film festival
Twitch, Fantasia 2012 Announced First Wave of 2012 Programming, http://twitchfilm.com/2012/06/fantasia-announces-first-wave-of-2012-programming.html Archived
Fantasia International Film Festival
Fantasia_International_Film_Festival
Musical genre that fuses rockabilly with punk rock
having occurred in waves. The first wave occurred in New York City in the 1970s and reached Britain in the early 1980s, the second wave took place at the
Psychobilly
Subgenre of heavy metal
to fuse the double bass drumming and complex guitar stylings of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) with the speed and aggression of skate punk
Thrash_metal
Historical group of Indo-European peoples
brought the offshoot Indo-Iranian languages to parts of Eurasia in waves from the first part of the 2nd millennium BC onwards. The original location of Indo-Iranians
Indo-Iranians
Social epistemology theory
some common features, there is no essentially Hispanic female identity. First-wave standpoint theory emerged in the 1970s and 1980s, spearheaded by feminist
Standpoint_theory
Film movement in Chinese language cinema
have two distinct periods. The first period, also called the "Hong Kong New Wave" or alternatively called the "First Wave", began in the late 1970s and
Hong_Kong_New_Wave
Phenomenon resulting from the superposition of two waves
coherent waves are combined by adding their intensities or displacements with due consideration for their phase difference. The resultant wave may have
Wave_interference
Royal Air Force bombing operation during World War II
the first wave finished bombing, the Pathfinder shifters would aim their red target indicators at the green indicators dropped by the first wave backers-up
Operation_Hydra_(1943)
Tibetan people residing outside Tibet
resulted in physical aggressions between monasteries in south India and first-wave immigrants in the region. Lobsang Sangay, former president of CTA has
Tibetan_diaspora
2000s shoegaze revival movement
were faster and included cleaner production than those in shoegaze's first-wave. Nu gaze began around 2000, with England's My Vitriol, Sweden's the Radio
Nu_gaze
Music scene
No wave was an avant-garde music and visual art scene that emerged in the late 1970s in Downtown New York City. The term was coined as a rejection of commercial
No_wave
Feminist movement, 2010s–present
Fourth-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began around 2012 and is characterized by a focus on the empowerment of women, the use of internet tools
Fourth-wave_feminism
2026 video game by Ubisoft
other first wave Division agents have either died or went AWOL leaving the player agent as one of a small group of survivors. While a second wave of Division
Tom Clancy's The Division Resurgence
Tom_Clancy's_The_Division_Resurgence
Ethnic group
Europe. Romanian immigration to Argentina can be divided into three waves: The first wave ranges from the late nineteenth century until after World War II
Romanian_Argentines
Jamaican-Canadian actor (born 1969)
Drama Series, 2020. Cross also has other television roles that include First Wave (1998–2001), Arrow (2012), Continuum (2012–2015), Motive (2013–2016),
Roger_Cross
third wave, fuelled by the new Delta variant, began in July 2021, but the rate of deaths and hospitalisations was lower than with the first two waves – this
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom
1995 freak wave
The Draupner wave, also known as the New Year's wave or Draupner freak wave, was a rare rogue wave that was the first to be detected by a measuring instrument
Draupner_wave
Ongoing overuse of opioid medication in the US
catastrophes of our time". The opioid epidemic unfolded in three waves. The first wave of the epidemic in the United States began in the late 1990s, according
Opioid epidemic in the United States
Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States
Ethnic group
first wave later moved further to other European countries. By the beginning of the 1920s, several hundred Russian settlers remained from the first wave
Russians_in_Serbia
Russian government. There have been at least three waves of Russian emigration. In the first wave, immediately after Russia invaded Ukraine in February
Russian emigration during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Russian_emigration_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
This article contains a list of proposed and prototype wave power devices, also called wave energy converters (WEC). Most of these are designed to work
List_of_wave_power_projects
Movement within evangelical Protestant Christianity
considered to be the "third wave" of the Charismatic Christian tradition which began with Pentecostalism (the "first wave"), and was furthered by the
Neo-charismatic_movement
Screenwriter, film producer
the X-Files episode ”Eve“, which first aired on December 10, 1993. Brancato created and wrote Space Channel's First Wave, which aired from 1998 to 2001
Chris_Brancato
Music genre from the 1970s and 1980s
New wave is a music genre encompassing pop-oriented styles that emerged in the United States and United Kingdom in the mid- to late 1970s. The term was
New_wave_music
Film movement originating in Iran
Iranian New Wave (Persian: موج نوی سینمای ایران, lit. 'the new wave of Iranian cinema') refers to a movement in Iranian cinema. It started in 1964 with
Iranian_New_Wave
Jewish immigration to Palestine (1881–1903)
The First Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה הראשונה, romanized: HaAliyah HaRishona), also known as the agriculture Aliyah, was a major wave of Jewish immigration
First_Aliyah
Wave where gravity is the main restoring force
called a wave orbit. Gravity waves on an air–sea interface of the ocean are called surface gravity waves (a type of surface wave), while gravity waves that
Gravity_wave
American punk band
punk rock band formed in New York City in 1975. The band spearheaded the first wave of punk rock. Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums)
The_Heartbreakers
Cognitive science approach
artificial neural networks. Connectionism has had many "waves" since its beginnings. The first wave appeared 1943 with Warren Sturgis McCulloch and Walter
Connectionism
Cohort born from 1954 to 1965
persons sometimes identified as 'the tail-end of the Baby Boom' or 'the first wave of Generation X.' These would be persons born roughly between 1958–1967
Generation_Jones
Woodblock print by Hokusai (1831)
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura; lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa') is a woodblock print by the Japanese
The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
Use of media by feminist movements
Feminism can be broken down into three distinct sections: first-wave, second-wave, and third-wave. The terms "suffragette" and "feminist" refer to different
Feminism_and_media
This is a list of bands who were a part of the first wave of black metal, which took place between roughly 1982 and 1991. Bathory Blasphemy Bulldozer Celtic
List of first-wave black metal bands
List_of_first-wave_black_metal_bands
wave relative to lockdown measures during the first wave, the economic impact of the second wave to date is less severe than that of the first wave.
COVID-19_pandemic_in_India
Colonial expansion in late 19th and early 20th centuries
earlier imperial activity, such as the formation of ancient empires and the first wave of European colonization. The main participants in New Imperialism were
New_Imperialism
Known in India as "Bombay Fever"
troops returning from the First World War in Europe. It hit different parts of the country in two waves, with the second wave being the highest in mortality
1918_flu_pandemic_in_India
Extreme subgenre of heavy metal music
"rabid" and "hammering". Important influences include first-wave black metal band Sodom, first-wave black metal/death metal band Possessed as well as old
Death_metal
Feminist movement, 1990s–2010s
Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s; it was prominent in the decades prior to the fourth wave. Grounded in the civil-rights
Third-wave_feminism
them from joining political parties and voting. The Red Wave Society, Sekirankai, was the first socialist women's association. Yamakawa Kikue and others
Feminism_in_Japan
Mathematical description of quantum state
determines how wave functions evolve over time, and a wave function behaves qualitatively like other waves, such as water waves or waves on a string, because
Wave_function
Canadian actor
television series First Wave (1998–2001). Spence was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, to Michael Cook and Janis Spence, both playwrights. His first professional
Sebastian_Spence
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First-born, first fruits.
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From the Thicket of Trees
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first begotten; first fruits
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Variant of Qani'; Satisfied; Content
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American, British, English, Greek
Small Valley; Abbreviation of Madeline
Girl/Female
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Swapanthi | ஸà¯à®µà®ªà®‚தீ
Goddess Lakshmi
Girl/Female
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Wise Women
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
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Biblical
Poor, made low.
Boy/Male
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Name of a king.
Surname or Lastname
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English : variant of Pullen, with patronymic -s.
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Shooting arrows
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God; Knowledge
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v. t.
To gripe with the fist.
a.
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope.
adv.
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
a.
Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
adv.
Beforehand; first.
n.
The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.
n.
A first game; first plan.
a.
First; chief.
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Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent.
adv.
In the first place; first in order.
a.
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
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Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
n. pl.
First fruits.
v. t.
To strike with the fist.
a.
First.
n.
First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
a.
First-formed.
adv.
First.