Webeleinenstek : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   wavelength
         n 1: the distance (measured in the direction of propagation)
               between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles
               of a wave
         2: a shared orientation leading to mutual understanding; "they
            are on the same wavelength"

English Dictionary: Webeleinenstek	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wobbling adj (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
woefulness n intense mournfulness Synonym(s): woe, woefulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wave \Wave\, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]136. See {Wave}, v. i.] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation. The wave behind impels the wave before. --Pope. 2. (Physics) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See {Undulation}. 3. Water; a body of water. [Poetic] [bd]Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Build a ship to save thee from the flood, I 'll furnish thee with fresh wave, bread, and wine. --Chapman. 4. Unevenness; inequality of surface. --Sir I. Newton. 5. A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc. 6. The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel. 7. Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm. {Wave front} (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances. {Wave length} (Physics), the space, reckoned in the direction of propagation, occupied by a complete wave or undulation, as of light, sound, etc.; the distance from a point or phase in a wave to the nearest point at which the same phase occurs. {Wave line} (Shipbuilding), a line of a vessel's hull, shaped in accordance with the wave-line system. {Wave-line system}, {Wave-line theory} (Shipbuilding), a system or theory of designing the lines of a vessel, which takes into consideration the length and shape of a wave which travels at a certain speed. {Wave loaf}, a loaf for a wave offering. --Lev. viii. 27. {Wave moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small geometrid moths belonging to {Acidalia} and allied genera; -- so called from the wavelike color markings on the wings. {Wave offering}, an offering made in the Jewish services by waving the object, as a loaf of bread, toward the four cardinal points. --Num. xviii. 11. {Wave of vibration} (Physics), a wave which consists in, or is occasioned by, the production and transmission of a vibratory state from particle to particle through a body. {Wave surface}. (a) (Physics) A surface of simultaneous and equal displacement of the particles composing a wave of vibration. (b) (Geom.) A mathematical surface of the fourth order which, upon certain hypotheses, is the locus of a wave surface of light in the interior of crystals. It is used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction. See under {Refraction}. {Wave theory}. (Physics) See {Undulatory theory}, under {Undulatory}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whiffle \Whif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whiffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whiffling}.] [Freq. of whiff to puff, perhaps influenced by D. weifelen to waver.] 1. To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about. --D[?]mpier. 2. To change from one opinion or course to another; to use evasions; to prevaricate; to be fickle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woefulness \Woe"fulness\, Wofulness \Wo"fulness\, n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Woefulness \Woe"fulness\, Wofulness \Wo"fulness\, n. The quality or state of being woeful; misery; wretchedness.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Waveland, AR Zip code(s): 72842 Waveland, IN (town, FIPS 81458) Location: 39.87703 N, 87.04630 W Population (1990): 474 (196 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47989 Waveland, MS (city, FIPS 78200) Location: 30.28630 N, 89.38447 W Population (1990): 5369 (2972 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39576
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) {Multiplexing} several {Optical Carrier n} signals on a single {optical fibre} by using different wavelengths (colours) of {laser} light to carry different signals. The device that joins the signals together is known as a {multiplexor}, and the one that splits them apart is a {demultiplexor}. With the right type of fibre you can have a device that does both and that ought to be called a "mudem" but isn't. The first WDM systems combined two signals and appeared around 1985. Modern systems can handle up to 128 signals and can expand a basic 9.6 {Gbps} fibre system to a capacity of over 1000 Gbps. WDM systems are popular with telecommunications companies because they allow them to expand the capacity of their fibre networks without digging up the road again. All they have to do is to upgrade the (de)multiplexors at each end. However these systems are expensive and complicated to run. There is currently no {standard}, which makes it awkward to integrate with older but more standard {SONET} systems. Note that this term applies to an optical {carrier} (which is typically described by its wavelength), whereas {frequency division multiplexing} typically applies to a {radio} carrier (which is more often described by frequency). However, since wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional, and since radio and light are both forms of electromagnetic radiation, the distinction is somewhat arbitrary. See also {time division multiplexing}, {code division multiplexing}. [Is "wave division multiplexing", as in "dense wave division multiplexing" (DWDM) just a trendy abbreviation?] (2002-07-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
weblint (After {lint}) A {syntax} checker and style checker for {HTML}. Weblint is a {Perl} script which does for HTML pages what the traditional {lint} picks does for {C} programs. Version: 1.020 (1997-12-07). {Home (http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/~neilb/weblint/)}. (1997-12-07)