"waveguide" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-waveguide.ogg 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: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13

Verb

Audio: en-us-waveguide.ogg 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

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