American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wavelength
IPA transcription: ['weɪv,lɛŋθ]
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Noun
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the distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave
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a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding
“they are on the same wavelength”
Usage examples
- The wavelength changes as a function of the energy of the incoming photon.
- The new lights are primarily using infrared wavelength, although you will still see a red glow.
- The shorter wavelength allows it to read discs containing much more information.
- The new lights are primarily using infrared wavelength, although you will still see a red glow.
- The sunlit sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths.
- Light with a short wavelength consists of photons of high energy.
- The cage is electrically one-quarter of the operating wavelength.
- Swell wavelength, also, varies from event to event.
- The new lights are primarily using infrared wavelength, although you will still see a red glow.
- Color blindness changes the sensitivity of the eye as a function of wavelength.