"waveguide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-waveguide.ogg [US] Forms: waveguides [plural]
Etymology: From wave + guide. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wave|guide}} wave + guide Head templates: {{en-noun}} waveguide (plural waveguides)
  1. A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (a structure which guides waves): 波導 (Chinese Mandarin), 波导 (bōdǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), golfgeleider (Dutch), golfpijp (Dutch), aaltojohto (Finnish), guide d’onde [masculine] (French), Wellenleiter [masculine] (German), 導波路 (dōharo) (alt: どうはろ) (Japanese), брановод (branovod) [masculine] (Macedonian), falowód [masculine] (Polish), волново́д (volnovód) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-waveguide-en-noun-RoQ1dSI1 Disambiguation of Physics: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-waveguide.ogg [US] Forms: waveguides [present, singular, third-person], waveguiding [participle, present], waveguided [participle, past], waveguided [past]
Etymology: From wave + guide. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wave|guide}} wave + guide Head templates: {{en-verb}} waveguide (third-person singular simple present waveguides, present participle waveguiding, simple past and past participle waveguided)
  1. To act as a waveguide for
    Sense id: en-waveguide-en-verb-L~o20QPl

Inflected forms

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