wave-form

American  

[weyv-fawrm] / ˈweɪvˌfɔrm /

Or waveform

noun

Physics.

1. the shape of a wave; a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.

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Etymology

Origin of wave-form

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

It has to do with the frequency and the wave-form of the noise coming out of the exhaust.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not probable that the fleet wave-form and frequency were known to Mekinese ships.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray

Then he defines the wave-form, voltage, and amperage entering the circuit and defines whatever is coming out.

From With No Strings Attached by Schelling, George Luther

It is then possible to see whether the "wave-form" of the current is what it ought to be.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

It was like following a running wave-form on the sea.

From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon