waveform

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waveform

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From wave + form.

noun waveforms

  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.

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noun physics

中文波形 bōxíng
DeutschWellenform
Ελληνικάκυματομορφή kymatomorfí
العربيةشَكْل مَوْجِيّ šakl mawjiyy

noun mathematics

Españolforma de onda

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@misc{waveform_2026,
  title = {waveform},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/waveform},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}