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wave-form

or wave·form

[weyv-fawrm]
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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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Origin of wave-form

First recorded in 1840–50
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British Dictionary definitions for waveform

waveform

noun
  1. physics the shape of the graph of a wave or oscillation obtained by plotting the value of some changing quantity against time
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