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wavelength

/weyv-lengkth, -length, -lenth/US // ˈweɪvˌlɛŋkθ, -ˌlɛŋθ, -ˌlɛnθ //UK // (ˈweɪvˌlɛŋθ) //

波长,波段,波浪,波动

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Physics. the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation.

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Examples

  • In summertime, glass treatments that block certain wavelengths of light can stop heat seeping into the home.

  • The JWST is set to observe in longer wavelengths than Hubble and is much bigger.

  • Faraday cages work because radiation in radio frequencies is blocked by certain metals, but because of its wavelength, the metal doesn’t even have to be solid — it can be a solid cage or flexible mesh.

  • Because of the short wavelengths, 6 GHz should excel in allowing devices to communicate with one another at high speeds over short distances.

  • Invisible to our eyes, that radio light has wide wavelengths.

  • The image above was constructed with longer-wavelength light, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

  • I was on too different a wavelength with French society on this point for someone with political responsibilities.

  • This little gun is the projector for a new ray which I have discovered—an etheric vibration of extremely short wavelength.

  • Lieutenant Kalanang's jeep was hit; Lieutenant Vermaas is cutting in his pickup on the same wavelength.

  • The voice repeated, several times, the wavelength, and somebody got an auxiliary screen tuned in.

  • And Al Webber has some equipment that can paralyze roboguards if we know their operational wavelength.

  • The news came; then, immediately after, the Washington transmitter changed its wavelength and he lost connection.