wavelength
or wave length
Idioms about wavelength
on the same wavelength, in sympathy or rapport: We seemed to be on the same wavelength from the moment we met.
Origin of wavelength
1Words Nearby wavelength
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How to use wavelength in a sentence
In summertime, glass treatments that block certain wavelengths of light can stop heat seeping into the home.
How to stop your house’s expensive drafts — and save the planet | Sarah Kaplan | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostThe JWST is set to observe in longer wavelengths than Hubble and is much bigger.
How Many Galaxies Are in the Universe? A New Answer From the Darkest Sky Ever Observed | Jason Dorrier | January 15, 2021 | Singularity HubFaraday cages work because radiation in radio frequencies is blocked by certain metals, but because of its wavelength, the metal doesn’t even have to be solid — it can be a solid cage or flexible mesh.
Because of the short wavelengths, 6 GHz should excel in allowing devices to communicate with one another at high speeds over short distances.
Invisible to our eyes, that radio light has wide wavelengths.
Star of science and movies, the Arecibo radio telescope is dead | Lisa Grossman | December 9, 2020 | Science News For Students
The image above was constructed with longer-wavelength light, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born | Matthew R. Francis | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was on too different a wavelength with French society on this point for someone with political responsibilities.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Talks Comeback With Parisian Magazine Le Point | Tracy McNicoll | October 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis little gun is the projector for a new ray which I have discovered—an etheric vibration of extremely short wavelength.
The Revolt of the Star Men | Raymond GallunLieutenant Kalanang's jeep was hit; Lieutenant Vermaas is cutting in his pickup on the same wavelength.
Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. CarrThe voice repeated, several times, the wavelength, and somebody got an auxiliary screen tuned in.
Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. CarrAnd Al Webber has some equipment that can paralyze roboguards if we know their operational wavelength.
Starman's Quest | Robert SilverbergThe news came; then, immediately after, the Washington transmitter changed its wavelength and he lost connection.
Wandl the Invader | Raymond King Cummings
British Dictionary definitions for wavelength
/ (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ) /
the distance, measured in the direction of propagation, between two points of the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave: Symbol: λ
the wavelength of the carrier wave used by a particular broadcasting station
on someone's wavelength or on the same wavelength informal having similar views, feelings, or thoughts (as someone else)
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Scientific definitions for wavelength
[ wāv′lĕngkth′ ]
The distance between one peak or crest of a wave and the next peak or crest. It is equal to the speed of the wave divided by its frequency, and to the speed of a wave times its period.
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Cultural definitions for wavelength
The distance between crests (or troughs) of a wave.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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