waveformn.
/ˈweɪvfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈweɪvˌfɔrm/ The shape of a wave at any moment, or that of the graphical representation of a (usually periodically) varying physical quantity; a wave regarded as characterized by a particular shape or manner of variation, esp. a varying voltage.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [noun] > wave form
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profile1902
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > shape, speed, period, length, etc.
waveform1845
wavelength1850
wave-front1867
wave-shell1877
wave velocity1887
wave period1909
transient1910
phase velocity1927
incoherence1938
waveshape1940
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > voltage > [noun] > variation in voltage > wave characterized by
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square wave1944
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > waveform
waveshape1940
waveform1947
1845 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1844 i. 340 The wave of the first order has a definite form and magnitude... This wave-form has its surface wholly raised above the level of repose of the fluid.
1846 W. R. Birt in Rep. Brit. Assoc. i. 138 Should the rarefying process cease,..not only will the wave-form be continued, but also the wave-motion.
1889 J. J. Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. iii. 58 It is only the wave form which advances, and not the water composing that wave.
1903 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. 104 The effects produced by the various wave forms may be calculated by summing the effects produced by each component having this peculiar form.
1903 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. 108 The wave form of an alternating E.M.F.
1923 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 103 84 The term ‘wave-form’ is used throughout as a convenient abbreviation for the ‘temporal variation of the electric field’.
1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War 15 A cathode ray tube would be suitable for finding the wave-form of the atmospheric.
1958 Engineering 31 Jan. 160/1 Electrical waveforms can be generated electronically and fed to the speaker which transforms them into ‘artificial’ sounds.
1968 Brit. Med. Bull. 24 251/2 They established that the breathing waveforms contain at least four significant components, having approximate frequencies of 0.27, 0.12, 0.07, and 0.03 cycles per breath.
1977 Rolling Stone 24 Mar. (advt.) These new speakers come with a test record that lets you pinpoint the output level where your particular amplifier begins to clip the peaks of the musical waveform.
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