"light wave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light waves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light wave (plural light waves)
  1. (physics) An electromagnetic wave of light. Categories (topical): Physics, Light Synonyms: lightwave Translations (wave of light): আলোকতরঙ্গ (alōktoroṅgo) (Bengali), Lichtwelle [feminine] (German), lysbølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lysbølge [feminine, usually] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-light_wave-en-noun-SMMQfR4J Disambiguation of Light: 81 19 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'wave of light': 85 15
  2. (physics, obsolete) A wave of the luminiferous ether. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-light_wave-en-noun-V6gDb66c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 26 74 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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