wavelength
UK/ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ//ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/
wavelength noun: 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.
Noun
wavelength (plural wavelengths)
- 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 home1983, Wall of Voodoo, “Mexican Radio”, in Call of the West
- 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 answer1967, Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne”
wavelength meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wavelength in Hindi
- the length of a single cycle of a wave
- तरंगदैर्घ्य taraṅgdairghya
wavelength in Tamil
- the length of a single cycle of a wave
- அலைநீளம் alainīḷam
wavelength in Marathi
- the length of a single cycle of a wave
- तरंगलांबी taraṅglāmbī
wavelength in Urdu
- the length of a single cycle of a wave
- طولِ موج tol-i moj
More languagesFewer languages
- wavelength in Bengali
- তরঙ্গ দৈর্ঘ্য toroṅgo dōirggho
- wavelength in Telugu
- తరంగదైర్ఘ్యము taraṅgadairghyamu
- wavelength in Malayalam
- തരംഗദൈർഘ്യം taraṅgadaiṟghyaṁ
- wavelength in Kannada
- ತರಂಗಾಂತರ, ಅಲೆದೂರ, ಅಲೆಯುದ್ದ
- wavelength in Punjabi
- ਤਰੰਗ ਲੰਬਾਈ, ਤਰੰਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੰਬਾਈ, ਤਰੰਗ-ਲੰਬਾਈ
- wavelength in Gujarati
- તરંગલંબાઈ taraṅglambāī
- wavelength in Odia
- ତରଙ୍ଗଦୈର୍ଘ୍ଯ଼, ତରଙ୍ଗଦୈର୍ଘ୍ଯ
- wavelength in Sinhala
- තරංග ආයාමය taraṁga āyāmaya
- wavelength in Nepali
- तरंगदैर्ध्य, तरंगदैर्घ्य, तरंग दैर्ध्य
- wavelength in Tagalog
- habang-alon
- wavelength in Arabic
- طُول مَوْج ṭūl mawj
- wavelength in Malay
- jarak gelombang
- wavelength in Indonesian
- panjang gelombang
- wavelength in Persian
- طول موج tul-e mowj
- wavelength in Thai
- ความยาวคลื่น kwaam-yaao-klʉ̂ʉn
- wavelength in Vietnamese
- bước sóng
Examples of wavelength in a sentence
- X-rays are light with a wavelength between 0.1 and 10 nm.
- I don't really understand him; we're just not on the same wavelength.
- Luckily, the members of the committee were on the same wavelength, so we didn't have endless discussions about what words meant.
Forms of wavelength
| plural | wavelengths |
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Origin of wavelength
From wave + length.
Words formed from wavelength
Questions about wavelength
- What does wavelength mean?
- Wavelength means 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.
- What is wavelength in Hindi?
- Wavelength in Hindi is तरंगदैर्घ्य (taraṅgdairghya). See Wavelength meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wavelength?
- Wavelength is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wavelength?
- Wavelength is pronounced /ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wavelength?
- The plural of wavelength is wavelengths.
Words near wavelength in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wavelength (page history and authors); wavelength (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wavelength (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wavelength (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wavelength (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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