"waveform" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: waveforms [plural]
Etymology: wave + form Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wave|form}} wave + form Head templates: {{en-noun}} waveform (plural waveforms)
  1. (mathematics) The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable. Categories (topical): Curves, Functions, Mathematics, Trigonometric functions Translations (mathematics): aaltomuoto (Finnish), vågform [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-waveform-en-noun-ZFxscWXu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics': 74 26
  2. (physics, engineering) 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. Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics Translations (physics): شَكْل مَوْجِيّ (šakl mawjiyy) (Arabic), ալիքի ձեւ (alikʻi jew) (Armenian), aaltomuoto (Finnish), Wellenform [feminine] (German), κυματομορφή (kymatomorfí) [feminine] (Greek), bølgeform [masculine] (Norwegian), vågform [common-gender] (Swedish), รูปคลื่น (rûup-klʉ̂ʉn) (Thai), dalga biçimi (Turkish), dalga formu (Turkish), dalga şekli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-waveform-en-noun-Rt3dk10G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics': 15 85

Inflected forms

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