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wavelength
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wavelength has 2 senses
- wavelength(n = noun.attribute) Array - the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave; Array is a kind of distance
- wavelength(n = noun.cognition) Array - a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding; "they are on the same wavelength" is a kind of orientation
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wavelength, n.
1 the distance between successive crests of a wave, esp. points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
2 this as a distinctive feature of radio waves from a transmitter.
3 colloq. a particular mode or range of thinking and communicating (we don't seem to be on the same wavelength).
1 the distance between successive crests of a wave, esp. points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
2 this as a distinctive feature of radio waves from a transmitter.
3 colloq. a particular mode or range of thinking and communicating (we don't seem to be on the same wavelength).
THESAURUS
wavelength
amplitude, antinode, carrier, carrier wave, crest, de Broglie wave, diffraction, electric wave, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, ground wave, guided wave, hertzian wave, high-frequency wave, in phase, interference, light, long wave, longitudinal wave, low-frequency wave, mechanical wave, microwave, node, out of phase, period, periodic wave, radio wave, ray, reinforcement, resonance, resonance frequency, seismic wave, shock wave, shortwave, sky wave, sound wave, surface wave, tidal wave, transverse wave, trough, wave, wave equation, wave motion, wave number
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