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bandwidth

[band-width, -with] / ˈbændˌwɪdθ, -ˌwɪθ /


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Because the system uses repeating optical patterns, its spectral bandwidth can theoretically be extended almost without limit.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Zhu noted that while the processing power of chips has gotten exponentially faster, network bandwidth speeds haven’t kept pace.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

For example, that includes giving them an extension on existing projects to make sure they have the bandwidth to focus on learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I had no more bandwidth for another scandal.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Internet boom led everyone to assume that the demand for bandwidth to carry all that Internet traffic would double every three months— indefinitely.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

SCHWEIZER: We finished 2025 with more BCGers than we started; we continue to recruit, promote and elect to partner in relatively normal bandwidths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Dual-comb spectroscopy, a powerful technique for precise spectroscopy over broad spectral bandwidths, has been mainly used for infrared linear absorption of small molecules in the gas phase.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2024

They put deadlines on when certain bandwidths are going to be cut off.

From The Verge ● Feb. 8, 2019

By clarifying the fundamental properties of photons during such experiments as was done in this study, “there may be direct applications for larger bandwidths in quantum communications,” Villoresi says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2017

The visible light bandwidths are not even sharply delimited.

From Color Images from Mars Rovers by Bob Webster


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