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語源

From wave +‎ length.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈweɪvlɛŋ(k)θ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ/

名詞

wavelength (plural wavelengths)

1. (physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
   • 1983, Wall of Voodoo, “Mexican Radio”, in Call of the West:

     I'd take requests on the telephone / I'm on a wavelength far from home

2. (figurative) A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.

   I think you and I are on a different wavelength.

   • 1967, Leonard Cohen, “Suzanne”:

     And just when you mean to tell her / That you have no love to give her / Then she gets you on her wavelength / And she lets the river answer

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