WAVE NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wave number mean? 

• WAVE NUMBER (noun)
  The noun WAVE NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave

  Familiarity information: WAVE NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAVE NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("wave number" is a kind of...):

frequence; frequency; oftenness (the number of occurrences within a given time period)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wave number"):

rydberg; rydberg constant; rydberg unit (a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element)