wavelength
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wavelength /ˈweɪvlɛŋθ, -lɛŋkθ/
▶noun
- 1 Physics the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially as a distinctive feature of sound, light, radio waves, etc.
- 2 a person's way of thinking when communicated to another: we weren't on the same wavelength.
'wavelength' also found in these Oxford entries:
absorbance
- actinic
- dispersion
- fluorescence
- gamma rays
- hue
- infrared
- interferometer
- lambda
- light
- long wave
- microwave
- monochromatic
- monochromator
- pleochroic
- Raman effect
- Rayleigh scattering
- short wave
- spectrum
- ultraviolet
- VLF
- X-ray
