English Explanatory Dictionary

waveform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
  2. The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-waveform.wav

Word forms

waveform waveforms

Etymology

From wave + form.

Translations

Arabic: شَكْل مَوْجِيّ Armenian: ալիքի ձեւ Chinese Mandarin: 波形 Finnish: aaltomuoto German: Wellenform Greek: κυματομορφή Indonesian: bentuk gelombang Malay: bentuk gelombang Norwegian: bølgeform Polish: kształt fali Swedish: vågform Thai: รูปคลื่น Turkish: dalga biçimi Turkish: dalga formu Turkish: dalga şekli
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