wave vs waive
Definitions
noun
- a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
Examples
AERONET is a global network of more than 100 sun photometers that measure the amount of sunlight absorbed by aerosols (fine particles in the air) at wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared.
Neutral sodium absorbs orange light - at wavelengths of 5890 and 5896 angstroms - from stars that lie behind it.
Its hard drive can store 100 movies, and an antenna receives new films via broadcast airwaves.
Definitions
verb
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
Examples
Prosecutors say a zoophilic British tourist broke that law when he wrote on a visa waiver application that he had never been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude and wasn't entering the U.S. to engage in criminal or immoral activities.
Because there are several layers of appeal he can go through if he does not waive, that is our understanding also.
She waived her right to a lawyer.
