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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An unpredictable, abnormally large wave that occurs on a seemingly random basis in the oceans.
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- noun surfing A freak, large
wave .
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skipvia commented on the word rogue wave
A wave that poses significant danger to ships at sea. Defined as a wave whose height is more than twice the significant wave height (SWH), which is defined as the mean of the largest third of waves in a wave record; a.k.a a really big wave.
January 29, 2008