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Meaning of "light wave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIGHT WAVE

light wave  [laɪt weɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIGHT WAVE

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Light wave is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIGHT WAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

light wave

Light

Light is radiant energy, usually referring to electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight. Visible light is usually defined as having a wavelength in the range of 400 nanometres, or 400×10−9 m, to 700 nanometres – between the infrared, with longer wavelengths and the ultraviolet, with shorter wavelengths. These numbers do not represent the absolute limits of human vision, but the approximate range within which most people can see reasonably well under most circumstances. Various sources define visible light as narrowly as 420 to 680 to as broadly as 380 to 800 nm. Under ideal laboratory conditions, people can see infrared up to at least 1050 nm, children and young adults ultraviolet down to about 310 to 313 nm. Primary properties of visible light are intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum, and polarisation, while its speed in a vacuum, 299,792,458 meters per second, is one of the fundamental constants of nature. Visible light, as with all types of electromagnetic radiation, is experimentally found to always move at this speed in vacuum.

Definition of light wave in the English dictionary

The definition of light wave in the dictionary is the movement of light conceptualized as a wave, defined by such properties as reflection, refraction, and dispersion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIGHT WAVE


airwave
ˈɛəˌweɪv
awave
əˈweɪv
brainwave
ˈbreɪnˌweɪv
crimewave
ˈkraɪmˌweɪv
long-wave
ˈlɒŋˌweɪv
medium-wave
ˈmiːdɪəmˌweɪv
microwave
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌweɪv
picowave
ˈpiːkəʊˌweɪv
short-wave
ˈʃɔːtweɪv
superwave
ˈsuːpərˌweɪv
tidewave
ˈtaɪdˌweɪv
waive
weɪv
wave
weɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIGHT WAVE

light on
light opera
light out
light pen
light pollution
light rail
light railway
light reaction
light reading
light show
light switch
light table
light the touchpaper
light trap
light up
light vehicle
light verse
light water
light welterweight
light year

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIGHT WAVE

carrier wave
complex wave
electromagnetic wave
finger wave
gravitational wave
gravity wave
heat wave
long wave
medium wave
new wave
permanent wave
radio wave
shock wave
short wave
sine wave
sky wave
sound wave
square wave
surface acoustic wave
tidal wave
travelling wave

Synonyms and antonyms of light wave in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «light wave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIGHT WAVE

Find out the translation of light wave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of light wave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «light wave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光波
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

onda de luz
570 millions of speakers

English

light wave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकाश लहर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موجة خفيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

световая волна
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de onda da luz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হালকা তরঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

onde lumineuse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelombang cahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lichtwelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

光波
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelombang cahaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sóng ánh sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒளி அலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकाश लाट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ışık dalgası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

d´onda della luce
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fala światła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

світлова хвиля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de undă a luminii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύμα φωτός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggolf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ljusvåg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lysbølge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of light wave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHT WAVE»

The term «light wave» is regularly used and occupies the 101.051 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHT WAVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about light wave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGHT WAVE»

Discover the use of light wave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to light wave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Light Wave Manipulation Using Organic Nonlinear Optical ...
Seizo Miyata, Hiroyuki Sasabe. HIROYUKI SASABE* Biopolymer Physics Laboratory, The Institute of Physical & Chemical Research (RIKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan 1.1. INTRODUCTION Light has physically two ...
Seizo Miyata, Hiroyuki Sasabe, 2000
2
Lasers: light wave of the future
Tells how lasers work, recounts the history of their development, and suggests some of their many possible future uses
Allan Maurer, 1982
3
Optical Fiber Communications
IntroductionNeed of Fiber Optic Communications, Evolution of Light Wave Systems, Basic Concepts; Analog and Digital Signals, Channel Multiplexing, Modulation Formats, Optical Communication Systems, Light Wave System Components; Optical ...
V.S.Bagad, 2007
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Introduction to Psychology
This determines the brightness and intensity of the light wave.The higher the wave, the greater the amplitude, and the more intense the brightness of the light. Complexity: This refers to the colour saturation of the light.The quantities of visible ...
Lionel Nicholas, 2009
5
What is Psychology? Essentials
The amplitude of the light wave is the height of each wave peak. These distances are typically measured in nanometers (nm). The human eye cannot sense all electromagnetic energy. In fact, the visible spectrum for humans is only a very ...
Ellen Pastorino, Susann Doyle-Portillo, 2008
6
Mathematics of Wave Propagation
It is of interest to start this section by appealing to a geometric property of a light wave reflected from a mirror and relating it to a certain minimum principle. Figure 1.11 shows a horizontal line and the points A and B above the line. The problem  ...
Julian L. Davis, 2000
7
The Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook
An analog light- wave transmission system using a 555 astable oscillator transmitter with a receiver similar to that shown in Fig. 4. wave transmission system around the even more widely available 555 timer chip. Figure 5 is the realization of ...
Forrest M. Mims, 2000
8
The Physics of Vibrations and Waves
We shall see in Chapter 8 that when a light wave is plane polarized its electrical field oscillation lies within a single plane and traces a sinusoidal curve along the direction of wave motion. Substances such as quartz and calcite are capable of ...
H. J. Pain, 2005
9
Light
The development in 1974of fibers capable of carrying signals over several miles opened up the possibility of light wave systems not only for telephones but for numerous new or planned systems requiring high-density information transmission: ...
Michael I. Sobel, 1989
10
Collected Papers on Wave Mechanics: Third Edition:
If we assume that a light wave is reflected from it as from a moving mirror, subject, however, to fulfilment of Bragg's law, then, as we shall show, our four waves, namely, the two ill-waves A and A' and the incident and reflected light waves, stand ...
Erwin Schrödinger, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGHT WAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term light wave is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bringing back the magic in metamaterials - R&D Magazine
In their plasmon-injection scheme (shorted to pi-scheme or π-scheme), the researchers take advantage of knowing which light wave crumbles ... «R & D Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Next Big Future: Progress towards a perfect lens with metamaterials
The solution for a sharper image then is to offer up a sacrificial light wave. Negative Index Metamaterials Solution The solution to absorption is ... «Next Big Future, Jul 15»
3
Bringing back the magic in metamaterials
In their plasmon-injection scheme (shorted to pi-scheme or π-scheme), the researchers take advantage of knowing which light wave crumbles ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
6 Semiconductor Stocks to Sell Now
... and markets standard and semi custom planar light wave circuits for metro access and other advanced optical communications platforms. «Investorplace.com, Jul 15»
5
Integrated roads network development plan highlighted
... signals control (SCOT) system in coordination between close light signals which provide green light wave for traffic in most congested roads ... «Bahrain News Agency, Jul 15»
6
Rapid-fire electron gun may reveal dance of atoms
As a result, the wavelength of the plasmon is much shorter than that of the freely moving light wave. This compression makes the electric fields ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
7
Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors Market: Global Industry Analysis and …
... distributed fiber optic sensors market are FISO Technologies Inc, Sensa, Brugg Kabel AG, Omnisens, Light Wave Venture LLC, AFL Global, ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
8
Controlling the quantum properties of light
(A vacuum squeezed state is a nonclassical state of light in which quantum noise is no longer independent of the phase of the light wave, and ... «ECNmag.com, Jul 15»
9
Earth-like building blocks are everywhere, say scientists
In addition, historically the spectra - light wave lengths associated with chemical composition - of oxygen and nickel had been hard to ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
10
Better uses for fibre optic cables currently being researched
A fibre optic cable consists of a bundle of glass threads that transmit light wave messages - capable of much greater bandwidth. Telecoms ... «Energy FM, Jul 15»

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