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Wavelength Summary
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Wavelength is the distance between two points of the same phase in consecutive cycles on a periodic wave. Wavelength can be expressed in many units of distance, the most logical being the meter. However, because so many kinds of electromagnetic...
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Wavelength : Environmental Health Terms
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The linear distance between successive identical points (usually taken as the peak or trough) on a wave of energy as it is transmitted past the reference point. The wavelength has a direct relationship with the FREQUENCY and with the velocity of...
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Wavelength : Forensic Science Terms
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The distance, measured along the line of propagation, between two points that are in phase on adjacent waves. A property of radiant energy, such as IR, visible, or...
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Wavelength : Phonetics and Phonology Terms
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n. The distance, measured in the direction of propagation, between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave. Symbol:...
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Wavelength Information
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In physics, wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a propagating wave of a given frequency. It is commonly designated by the Greek letter lambda (λ). Examples of wave-like phenomena are light, water waves, and sound...


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The Virginian Pilot
Pick a wavelength, any wavelength.(Business)
12/18/2006: 1,555 words, approx. 5 pages
Byline: JON W. GLASS NEWPORT NEWS -- BY Jon W. Glass THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT NEWPORT NEWS - The search for a weapon that could knock down an incoming cruise missile drew the Navy. A possible cure for adult acne attracted a...
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The Boston Globe
Dillers wavelength
05/25/1992: 970 words, approx. 3 pages
Just when you think you know everything about Phyllis Diller she surprises you. In 1962, Diller did a major interview with the late Alex Haley that ran in the Saturday Evening Post. "That wasn't our first meeting," she said in a phone interview...
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AP News
Scientists to shut down space telescope
10/9/2007: 251 words, approx. 1 pages
Having coaxed all the life they can out of an 8-year-old ultraviolet light-detecting space telescope, scientists will reluctantly turn it off later this month.After that, NASA's Fuse observatory will be "just another piece of space junk," orbiting the earth every 100 minutes until it falls...
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Investor's Business Daily
With Lasers And Light Waves, Beauty May Be Only $8,000 Away
3/9/2007: 983 words, approx. 3 pages
It seems hardly an hour of prime-time TV viewing goes by without some ad pitching a miracle cure for wrinkles.As baby boomers age, more people are searching for the fountain of youth. All types of companies -- from drug and cosmetics firms to makers of...
 


 

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