wavelength

wavelength

English

Etymology

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.

Derived terms

• two-wavelength
• three-wavelength

Related terms

• on the same wavelength

Translations

the length of a single cycle of a wave

Arabic: طُول مَوْج‎ m (ṭūl mawj) Basque: uhin-luzera Belarusian: даўжыня хвалі f (daŭžynja xvali) Bulgarian: дължина на вълната f (dǎlžina na vǎlnata) Catalan: longitud d'ona f Chinese: Mandarin: 波長 (zh), 波长 (zh) (bōcháng) Czech: vlnová délka f Danish: bølgelængde c Dutch: golflengte (nl) Esperanto: ondolongo Finnish: aallonpituus (fi) French: longueur d'onde (fr) f German: Wellenlänge (de) f Greek: μήκος κύματος n (míkos kýmatos) Hebrew: אורך גל‎ (he) (órekh gal) Hungarian: hullámhossz (hu) Italian: lunghezza d'onda (it) f Japanese: 波長 (ja) (hachō)

Korean: 파장 (ko) (pajang) Luxembourgish: Wellelängt f Maori: roangaru Norwegian: Bokmål: bølgelengde m or f Nynorsk: bølgjelengd f, bylgjelengd f, bølgelengd f, bølgelengde f Persian: طول موج‎ (tul-e mowj) Portuguese: comprimento de onda m Romanian: lungime de undă (ro) f Russian: длина́ волны́ f (dliná volný), волна́ (ru) f (volná) (colloquial) Slovak: vlnová dĺžka f Spanish: longitud de onda (es) f Swahili: safa (sw) Swedish: våglängd (sv) c Tagalog: habang-alon (mechanical), libuyhaba (electromagnetic) Turkish: dalga boyu (tr) Ukrainian: довжина хвилі f (dovžyna xvyli) Vietnamese: bước sóng Welsh: tonfedd (cy) f