waveformnoun [ C ]
/ˈweɪv.fɔːm//ˈweɪv.fɔːrm/specializedthe curved shape of a graph (= a picture showing how two sets of information are related) that shows a wave (= the pattern in which some types of energy move):
The heartbeat is measured so that various features of the waveform can be used to identify the individual whose waveform is being analyzed.
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- A microphone converts an acoustic waveform consisting of alternating high and low air pressure travelling through the air into a voltage.
- The waveform of this current is shown in Fig. 2.
- Scott had recorded the sound waves together with waveforms from a tuning fork vibrating at a constant frequency of the musical note A above middle C.
- He was peering in some confusion at an arc of screens which pulsed with read-outs and rippling waveforms.
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