waveguide

waveguide noun: a structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.

Noun

waveguide (plural waveguides)

A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.

waveguide (third-person singular simple present waveguides, present participle waveguiding, simple past and past participle waveguided)

To act as a waveguide for
- The advantage of transverse magnetic polarization, however, is the possibility of exploiting surface plasmons for waveguiding.2009 January 8, Y. Chassagneux, R. Colombelli, W. Maineult, S. Barbieri, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, “Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers...

Optical waveguide fiber is sold in both cabled and uncabled form.
The mode-coupling in multimoded waveguides is also effectively suppressed.
Potential of the analytical solutions for study of light fields in the various waveguides of nanooptics and nanoplasmonics are also discussed..

Noun
plural	waveguides
Verb
third-person singular present	waveguides
present participle	waveguiding
past participle	waveguided
past	waveguided

From wave + guide.

What does waveguide mean?: Waveguide means a structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.
What part of speech is waveguide?: Waveguide can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of waveguide?: The plural of waveguide is waveguides.

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