wavelength
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noun
Idioms 2.
on the same wavelength, in sympathy or rapport: We seemed to be on the same wavelength from the moment we met.
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wavelength (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | λ the distance, measured in the direction of propagation, between two points of the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave |
| 2. | the wavelength of the carrier wave used by a particular broadcasting station |
| 3. | informal on someone's wavelength, on the same wavelength having similar views, feelings, or thoughts (as someone else) |
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Wavelength
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Medical Dictionary
wavelength wave·length (wāv'lěngkth', -lěngth')
n.
Symbol λ The distance between one peak or crest of a wave of light, heat, or other energy and the next corresponding peak or crest.
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Science Dictionary
| wavelength (wāv'lěngkth') Pronunciation Key
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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Example sentences
L-band refers to the wavelength of the radar signal.
Anyone who's all thumbs can visit her local hair stylist, who will put her on the right wavelength.
It cannot ever have a frequency of zero nor a wavelength of zero.
The corresponding wavelength would be measured in a few fermis.
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