Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Wellenlänge

    длина́ волны́dliná volný, волна́volná

    довжина́ хви́ліdovžyná xvýli

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

  2. (figuratively)A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.

    I think you and I are on a different wavelength.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary are on the same wavelength.

    Том і Мері - на одній хвилі.

    ruТом и Мэри — на одной и той же длине волны.

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  2. We're on the same wavelength.

    Ми на одній хвилі.

    ruМы на одной волне.

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  3. We're not on the same wavelength.

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  4. Tom and Mary were on the same wavelength.

    ruТом и Мэри были на одной волне.

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  5. Tom and I are on the same wavelength.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the length of a single cycle of a wave:
Русский
By meaning 1
the length of a single cycle of a wave:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the length of a single cycle of a wave:

Origin

From wave + length.

From wave + length.

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