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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The number of waves per unit distance in a series of waves of a given wavelength; the reciprocal of the wavelength.

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  • noun physics The number of waves per unit length; the reciprocal of wavelength.

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  • noun the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave

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