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PRONUNCIATION OF WAVE NUMBER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAVE NUMBER

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Wave number 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 WAVE NUMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wavenumber

In the physical sciences, the wavenumber is the spatial frequency of a wave, either in cycles per unit distance or radians per unit distance. It can be envisaged as the number of waves that exist over a specified distance. Because of the use of this term in applied physics, including spectroscopy, often the reference distance should be assumed to be cm. For example, a particle's energy may be given as a wavenumber in cm−1, which strictly speaking is not a unit of energy. However if one assumes this corresponds to electromagnetic radiation, then it can be directly converted to any unit of energy, e.g. 1 cm−1 implies 1.23984×10−4 eV and 8065.54 cm−1 implies 1 eV. In multidimensional systems, the wavenumber is also the magnitude of the wave vector.

Definition of wave number in the English dictionary

The definition of wave number in the dictionary is the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave ν, σ.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAVE NUMBER

wave
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wave energy
wave equation
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wave mechanics
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wave power
wave speed
wave theory
wave train
wave velocity
wave-and-pay
wave-cut platform
waveband
waved umber
waveform
wavefront
waveguide

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAVE NUMBER

accession number
call number
climber
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house number
Humber
lumber
mobile number
number
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phone number
plumber
reference number
registration number
serial number
slumber
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street number
telephone number
VAT number

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wave number» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAVE NUMBER

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The translations of wave number from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wave number» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

número de onda
570 millions of speakers

English

wave number
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लहर संख्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدد موجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волновое число
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

número de onda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরঙ্গ সংখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nombre d´onde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nombor gelombang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wellenzahl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

波数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nomer gelombang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số sóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலை எண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहर क्रमांक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalga sayısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

numero d´onda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Numer fali
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвильове число
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

numărul de undă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αριθμός κυμάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

golfgetal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

vågtalet
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

bølgetall
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVE NUMBER»

The term «wave number» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.616 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVE NUMBER» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAVE NUMBER»

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Computational Aeroacoustics: A Wave Number Approach
Both a textbook for graduate students with exercises and a reference with code for researchers in computational aeroacoustics (CAA).
Christopher K. W. Tam, 2012
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Digital Image Processing
5.1.2 Spatial Versus Wave Number Representation In Chapter 2 we discussed in detail the representation of images in the spatial and wave number domain. In this section we will revisit both representations under the perspective of how to ...
Bernd Jähne, 2005
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Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere: Introduction to Wave Dynamics
However, consider our generalized definition of wave number: a0 dks a0) dk. — = ks+x — £- -- 1 — *- dx dx dk dx (5.39) Hence, the local variation of phase in x is equal to fcs for x 1 1 = cg(fcs), i.e., for an observer moving away from the origin ...
Joseph Pedlosky, 2003
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Vehicle, Tire, Pavement Interface
To explain the advantages of a wave-number spectrum over other types of terrain descriptors. 3. To explain the effects of tire filtering, and the use of a tire to generate effective road profiles. Literature Review The following literature review is ...
John Jewett Henry, James C. Wambold, 1992
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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: ...
The experimental measurements indicate that the wave number can both increase and decrease in a spontaneous transition, depending upon the initial constrained wave number and Rayleigh number. There are barriers to changing the ...
Phil Attard, 2012
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Computers in Chemistry
Raman. n2 = i+3; } else it (n1 ==4) { n2 = i + 4; } else { n2 = i + 5; } y = 1.0/(n2*n2); wn = rydberg*(x - y); printf("the wave number for line %d of %s is %e percm\n",i, series,wn); Output the wave number for line 1 of Lyman is 8.225925E + 04 percm  ...
Raman, 1993
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A Study of Airport Pavement-aircraft Interaction Using ...
The maximum wave number is the inverse of the data interval, or 1/0.1524 m = 6.5622 cycle/m. The wave number captured by each sub-band is then the maximum wave number divided by the number of data points (max wave number/ n) ...
Jessica E. Woods, 2008
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Synoptic Scale Convection and Wave Activity Over Tropical ...
To distinguish these two types of convective structures, wave number-frequency ( or space-time) filtering has been carried out following the method of Wheeler and Kiladis (1999; hereafter WK99). Details of this filtering technique, its merits, ...
Ademe Mekonnen, 2007
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Numerical Methods for Wave Equations in Geophysical Fluid ...
I o |« original expansion (*l+*2) ♢ wave number -H • I-*- Jt 2K FIGURE 4.2. Aliasing of k\ + k2 into k such that |£| appears as the symmetric reflection of k] +ki about the cutoff wave number on the high-resolution physical mesh. terms on the  ...
Dale R. Durran, 1999
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ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS
The dynamics of this situation are illustrated by a figure of Murakami and Tomatsu [50] showing isopleths of the conversion Of available potential energy to kinetic energy on a time vs wave number grid. The ridge of the maximum rate Of ...
Helmut Erich Landsberg, Jacques van Mieghem, 1967

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAVE NUMBER»

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Matthew Perry flashed partygoers
''So I decided for wave number three - I've seen people do this in movies - I was going to dive under the wave and I went to dive under and I mistimed it and my ... «Contactmusic.com, Apr 15»
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Is "Valleytronics" the Next Big Thing in Quantum Computing?
Electrons move through the lattice of a 2D semiconductor as a wave populating ... to encode information, valleytronics uses a quantum wave number instead. «IEEE Spectrum, Feb 15»
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Heat wave number two will be different
Yes we are starting the day with clouds and even some showers. However, this afternoon, Saturday and Sunday will bring heat, some humidity and could tie or ... «Boston.com, Jun 12»

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