How to Use wavelength in a Sentence

wavelength

noun
  • Light and sound have different wavelengths.
  • Then the wavelength – the distance between the top of one wave and the top of the wave behind it.
    Sally Warner, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
  • They were limited to a depth of seven frames by the wavelengths used and the size of the DMD.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2023
  • So to us, their light appears to have a longer wavelength.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The angstrom measurement is used for the wavelength of light.
    James Rogers, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The pair, who are adorably nervous all evening, appear to be on the same wavelength.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Luisi and the orchestra were challenged to keep on the same wavelength.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That movement stretches the light and makes its wavelength longer.
    Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • This is the wavelength of light that the pigment granules in the hogfish absorb best.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Mars and Earth bathe in the same sunlight—the same hodgepodge of light at every wavelength.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Between Casper and Luke, what is up with kids vibing on the aliens’ wavelength?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The blue light from the sun scatters away, and longer-wavelength red, orange, and yellow light pass through.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 15 Nov. 2021
  • As objects move away from us, the wavelength is stretched, shifting it toward the red end.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In the summer, the pressure is relieved and the eye reflects a yellow to green wavelength.
    Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Those are precisely the wavelengths at which these small red dwarf stars give off most of their light.
    WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • No wavelength is perfect, Longcore says, but blue and white are worst of all.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
  • Since then, the coronavirus has been shown to die off in the presence of UV rays with the same wavelength as sunlight.
    Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2021
  • More than 100 countries are thinking along the same wavelength.
    Ted Dhillon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The light from screens uses blue light, which is made up of shorter wavelengths that are perceived by the brain as a cue to be alert and awake9.
    Emily Elveru, Parents, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Consumers appear to be on the same wavelength as investors.
    Paul Vigna, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
  • That tiny mass corresponds to a wave with a vast wavelength, as long as a small galaxy.
    Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • Much of the ocean appears blue to human eyes, but the true color may contain a mix of wavelengths, from blue to green and even red.
    Time, 13 July 2023
  • And its key rests in the ability to get on the same wavelength and frequency with every member of the team.
    Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza are on the same wavelength.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The higher the frequency, the shorter the wavelength, and the farther signals can travel.
    Stephanie Yangstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The color of that light depends on its wavelength, which is affected by the size of the quantum dot, which ranges from 2–10 nm.
    Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The big, aggressive moments are just the dramatic spikes of the same wavelength.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • If the wavelength were much shorter, like visible light, the radio waves would have been scattered by the dust.
    Katie McCormick, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There are different and varied light wavelengths that enter the eye from outdoor versus indoor exposures.
    Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Colors with shorter wavelengths, such as blues and violets, scatter more easily than colors with longer wavelengths, which include red and orange.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024

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