wavelength

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So I'm not sure anymore what the wavelength is.

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  1. noun The distance between one peak or crest of a wave of light, heat, or other energy and the next corresponding peak or crest.
  2. idiom on the same wavelength Informal In complete accord; in harmony: "a fluid ... production in which author, director, designer and cast seem to be working on the same wavelength” (James Lardner).

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  • So I'm not sure anymore what the wavelength is. —  Paola Antonelli treats design as art
  • To measure the wavelength, all I need to do is measure the distance from here, one full wave, over to here. —  Clifford Stoll on ... everything
  • He changed to broadcast wavelength, and fished for the Bogota station, getting mostly static That Powell, Renny thought sourly, talks too much. —  145 - The Ten Ton Snakes
  • Radio waves can't propagate down tunnels if their wavelength is too long. —  AnalogSFF,Jan/Feb2004
  • It took me a bit to find the wavelength, and it would have been nice if you'd had time to hook up the medical stuff, but there's all kinds of technical info, including instantaneous airflow. —  AnalogSFF,June2007
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