WAVEFORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waveform mean? 

• WAVEFORM (noun)
  The noun WAVEFORM has 1 sense:

1. the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time

  Familiarity information: WAVEFORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAVEFORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

wave form; wave shape; waveform

Hypernyms ("waveform" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

 Context examples 

Duration of the acquisition of an image or a waveform.

(Acquisition Duration, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Failure of device to generate a correctly-shaped pacing output, for example, a waveform that is too wide.

(Failure to Spike Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

An electrocardiographic finding in which there is an alternating pattern of any of the waveform components.

(Electrical Alternans by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

An electronic device designed to display electrical measurements, typically as a waveform on a cathode ray tube.

(Oscilloscope Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of measure denoting the frequency equal to 1000 cycles per second meaning e.g. that the cylical waveform changes from one state to the other (from one polarity to the other) 1000 times per second.

(Kilohertz, NCI Thesaurus)