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"He is a young player with big experience and he is on the wave-length of the top players," the Liverpool manager said.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2013

The air seemed full of voices, each to be caught at a certain wave-length.

From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Penrose, Margaret

Thus to find the distribution curve for 1000� abs., it is only necessary to multiply all the numbers in the wave-length scale of fig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The sensation of an individual colour is produced by rays of light of a particular wave-length falling upon the retina.

From Old Flies in New Dresses How to Dress Dry Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position and Some New Wet Flies by Walker, Charles Edward

Distant signal-lights are reddened, due to the decrease in the rays of shorter wave-length by scattering.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew