wavelength

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Etymology

From wave +‎ length.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/

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Noun

wavelength (plural wavelengths)

1. (physics) 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.
   • 1983, Wall of Voodoo (lyrics and music), “Mexican Radio”, in Call of the West:

     I'd take requests on the telephone / I'm on a wavelength far from home

2. (figurative) A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.

   I think you and I are on a different wavelength.

Derived terms

• de Broglie wavelength
• medium-wavelength infrared radiation
• multiwavelength
• on the same wavelength
• quarter-wavelength film
• three-wavelength
• two-wavelength

Translations

the length of a single cycle of a wave

Afrikaans: golflengte Albanian: gjatësia e valës Arabic: طُول مَوْج m (ṭūl mawj) Armenian: ալիքի երկարություն (alikʻi erkarutʻyun) Asturian: llonxitú d'onda f Azerbaijani: dalğa uzunluğu Basque: uhin-luzera Belarusian: даўжыня́ хва́лі f (daŭžynjá xváli) Bengali: তরঙ্গ দৈর্ঘ্য (toroṅgo dōirggho) Breton: hirder gwagenn Bulgarian: дължина́ на вълна́та f (dǎlžiná na vǎlnáta) Catalan: longitud d'ona f Chinese: Mandarin: 波長 / 波长 (zh) (bōcháng) Czech: vlnová délka f Danish: bølgelængde c Dutch: golflengte (nl) f Esperanto: ondolongo Estonian: lainepikkus (et) Finnish: aallonpituus (fi) French: longueur d’onde (fr) f Galician: lonxitude de onda (gl) f Georgian: ტალღის სიგრძე (ṭalɣis sigrʒe) German: Wellenlänge (de) f Greek: μήκος κύματος (el) n (míkos kýmatos) Gujarati: તરંગલંબાઈ (taraṅglambāī) Haitian Creole: longèdonn Hebrew: אורך גל / אֹרֶךְ גַּל (he) m (órekh gal) Hindi: तरंगदैर्घ्य (taraṅgdairghya) Hungarian: hullámhossz (hu) Icelandic: bylgjulengd (is) f Indonesian: panjang gelombang Irish: tonnfhad (ga) m Italian: lunghezza d'onda (it) f Japanese: 波長 (ja) (はちょう, hachō) Kazakh: толқын ұзындығы (tolqyn ūzyndyğy) Khmer: ជំហានរលក (cumhiən rɔlɔɔk), ប្រវែងរលក (prɑvaeng rɔlɔɔk) Korean: 파장(波長) (ko) (pajang) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dirêjiya pêlê f, pêldirêjahî Lao: ຄວາມຍາວຄື້ນ (khuām nyāo khư̄n) Latvian: viļņa garums m Lithuanian: bangos ilgis m Luxembourgish: Wellelängt f Macedonian: бра́нова до́лжина f (bránova dólžina) Malay: panjang gelombang (ms) Malayalam: തരംഗദൈർഘ്യം (ml) (taraṅgadaiṟghyaṁ) Maori: roangaru Marathi: तरंगलांबी (taraṅglāmbī) Mongolian: долгионы урт (dolgiony urt) Norwegian: Bokmål: bølgelengde m or f Nynorsk: bølgjelengd f, bylgjelengd f, bølgelengd f, bølgelengde f Occitan: longor d'onda Oromo: dambalii Pannonian Rusyn: габова длужина f (habova dlužina) Persian: طول موج (tul-e mowj) Polish: długość fali (pl) f Portuguese: comprimento de onda m Romanian: lungime de undă (ro) f Russian: длина́ волны́ (ru) f (dliná volný), волна́ (ru) f (volná) (colloquial) Scottish Gaelic: tonn-fhad m Serbo-Croatian: Roman: valna duljina f, talasna duljina f Sinhalese: තරංග ආයාමය (taraṁga āyāmaya) Slovak: vlnová dĺžka f Slovene: valovna dolžina f Spanish: longitud de onda (es) f Swedish: våglängd (sv) c Tagalog: habang-alon (mechanical), libuyhaba (electromagnetic) Tajik: адади мавҷӣ (adad-i mavji) Tamil: அலைநீளம் (ta) (alainīḷam) Telugu: తరంగదైర్ఘ్యము (taraṅgadairghyamu) Thai: ความยาวคลื่น (kwaam-yaao-klʉ̂ʉn) Turkish: dalga boyu (tr) Ukrainian: довжина́ хви́лі f (dovžyná xvýli) Urdu: طولِ موج (tol-i moj) Uzbek: toʻlqin uzunligi Vietnamese: bước sóng (vi) Welsh: tonfedd (cy) f West Frisian: weachlingte Western Panjabi: لہر لمبائی (lhr lmbā'ī)