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wavelength angular wavelength long wavelength limit Optical wavelength spatial period

The distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave WordNet 3.0

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The distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats. Wikipedia

Property of a wave. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Spatial period of the wave; the distance over which the wave's shape repeats; the inverse of the spatial frequency Wikidata

The distance between consecutive crests of a wave. OmegaWiki

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. Wiktionary

The length of a single cycle of a wave. Wiktionary (translation)

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