波は動どう説せつはどうせつMeanings1nounwave theoryphysicsPhysics term referring to the theory that light or other phenomena propagate as waves, historically contrasted with particle theory.光ひかりの波は動どう説せつは、19世せい紀きに広ひろく受うけ入いれられた。The wave theory of light was widely accepted in the 19th century.