Teal Wave

Teal independents

Teal independents, also known as community independents, or simply teals, are various centrist, independent or non-party politicians in Australian politics who have been grouped together for convenience of discussion by the Australian media and who have found electoral success contesting seats with a history of representatives coming from the Liberal Party of Australia. They have been characterised as strongly advocating for increased action to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions along with improved political integrity and accountability. They also generally share socially liberal outlooks, including on issues such as LGBT rights, while still retaining conservative fiscal policies similar to the Liberals. While formally unaffiliated, a study has found that the teals often vote in a bloc and show significant cohesion.

Wave

In mathematics and physical science, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance of one or more quantities. Periodic waves oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium (resting) value at some frequency. When the entire waveform moves in one direction, it is said to be a traveling wave; by contrast, a pair of identical superimposed periodic waves traveling in opposite directions makes a standing wave. In a standing wave, the amplitude of vibration has nulls at some positions where the wave amplitude appears smaller or even zero.

Teal

Teal is a dark cyan color. Its name comes from that of a bird, the Eurasian teal which has a similarly colored stripe on its head. The word is often used colloquially to refer to shades of cyan in general.

teal

Noun

1. Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
2. A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.

Adjective

1. Having a bluish-green colour.

wave

Verb

1. To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
2. To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.

Noun

1. A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
2. The ocean.