The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.
A person's attitude and way of thinking as compared to another person's.
Origin
wave + length
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