wavelength

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Etymology

wave +‎ length

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈweɪvlɛŋθ/

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Noun

wavelength (plural wavelengths)

1. 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

• shortwave
• mediumwave
• longwave
• on the same wavelength

Translations

the length of a single cycle of a wave

• Arabic: طول موج (ar) (ṭūl mawj) m
• Belarusian: даўжыня хвалі (be) (daŭžynjá xváli) f 
• Bulgarian: дължина на вълната (bg) (dǎlžiná na vǎlnáta) f 
• Chinese

  Mandarin: 波長 (cmn), 波长 (cmn) (bōcháng)

• Czech: vlnová délka (cs) f
• Dutch: golflengte (nl)
• Esperanto: ondolongo (eo)
• Finnish: aallonpituus (fi)
• French: longueur d'onde (fr) f
• German: Wellenlänge (de) f
• Greek: μήκος κύματος (el) (míkos kýmatos) n 
• Hebrew: אורך הגל (he) (órekh hagál)

• Italian: lunghezza d'onda (it) f
• Japanese: 波長 (ja) (はちょう, hachō)
• Luxembourgish: Wellelängt (lb) f
• Persian: طول موج (fa) (tul-e mowj)
• Portuguese: comprimento de onda m
• Romanian: lungime de undă (ro) f
• Russian: длина волны (ru) (dliná volný) f , волна (ru) (volná) f  (colloquial)
• Slovak: vlnová dĺžka (sk) f
• Spanish: longitud de onda f
• Swahili: safa (sw)
• Swedish: våglängd (sv) c
• Turkish: dalga boyu (tr)
• Ukrainian: довжина хвилі (uk) (dovžyná xvýli) f