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noun 
  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.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: golflengte
  • French: longueur d'onde
    (trans-mid)
  • German: Wellenlí¤nge
  • Spanish: longitud de onda
Etymology: From wave + length.


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