wavelength

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/ (UK)
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/ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/ (UK) · /ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/ (US)

Definition of wavelength

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
    “I'd take requests on the telephone / I'm on a wavelength far from home”
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noun

  1. The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
    “I'd take requests on the telephone / I'm on a wavelength far from home”
  2. (figuratively)A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.
    “I think you and I are on a different wavelength.”
    “And just when you mean to tell her / That you have no love to give her / Then she gets you on her wavelength / And she lets the river answer”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From wave + length.

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