wavelength
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Shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reaches the moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Its principal task was to show that the gravitational pull of the sun increased the wavelength of light rays, the so-called red shift, which would help verify Einstein’s theory of relativity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
We liked working together, and he saw that we had a similar wavelength, and he just kind of tossed it up, like, ‘Hey, how would you feel about scoring a feature?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
But if you can get on its wavelength, there’s a mollifying charm to Travolta’s debut.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Zero wavelength equals infinite energy; zero and infinity conspired to break a nice, neat system of laws.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Those predictions are especially important because most of these planets have never been observed at these wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reaches the moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"When we live inside, we don't get all the wavelengths the eye needs for normal refractive development, and so we get myopia. That's the basic message of this paper."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
These wavelengths are then reflected back towards Earth, giving the eclipsed Moon its reddish colour.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
For certain wavelengths the crests of the waves reflected from one side of the soap film coincide with the troughs reflected from the other side.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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