Term: wave theory: (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: fulcrum: the pivot about which a lever turns → 0
Candidate hypernym: shock troops: soldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assault → 0
Candidate hypernym: pericardial sac: the membrane surrounding the heart → 0
Candidate hypernym: brobdingnag: a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous → 0
Candidate hypernym: modernization: a modernized version (as of a play) → 0
Candidate hypernym: noruz: (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox → 0
Candidate hypernym: cotton grass: any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes → 0
Candidate hypernym: holiday: a day on which work is suspended by law or custom → 0
Candidate hypernym: coal: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period → 0
Candidate hypernym: companion: one paid to accompany or assist or live with another → 0