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wavelength

[weyv-lengkth, -length, -lenth] / ˈweɪvˌlɛŋkθ, -ˌlɛŋθ, -ˌlɛnθ /


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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

"The patterned nanostructures are imperceptible to the human eye, about the size of the wavelength of visible light," Dionne adds.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

Figure 4.1: A sound that has a shorter wavelength has a higher frequency and a higher pitch.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

"At visible wavelengths, our recent platform exceeds silicon nitride's record by a factor of 20, and we have more room to improve."

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Instruments such as JWST's near-infrared spectrograph separate incoming light into different wavelengths.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

However when the team sifted through their data, they found that at certain wavelengths, the object's light simply disappeared.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Operating from Low Earth Orbit, this top-rated multispectral satellite captures images across many wavelengths to survey terrain, monitor crops and track shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The different wavelengths of light are what the human eye sees as different colors, with the longest wavelengths appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the shortest wavelengths at the blue end.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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