What Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.
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Wavelength
//ˈweɪvˌlɛŋ(k)θ//
Synonyms for "wavelength" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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10 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 78 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- golflengte noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Albanian
1 entries- gjatësia e valës noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Arabic
1 entries- طُول مَوْج noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Armenian
1 entries- ալիքի երկարություն noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Asturian
1 entries- llonxitú d'onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dalğa uzunluğu noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Basque
1 entries- uhin-luzera noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Belarusian
1 entries- даўжыня́ хва́лі noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Bengali
1 entries- তরঙ্গ দৈর্ঘ্য noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Breton
1 entries- hirder gwagenn noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дължина́ на вълна́та noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Catalan
1 entries- longitud d'ona noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 波長 /波长 noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Czech
1 entries- vlnová délka noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Danish
1 entries- bølgelængde noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Dutch
1 entries- golflengte noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Esperanto
1 entries- ondolongo noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Estonian
1 entries- lainepikkus noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Finnish
1 entries- aallonpituus noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
French
1 entries- longueur d'onde noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Galician
1 entries- lonxitude de onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Georgian
1 entries- ტალღის სიგრძე noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
German
1 entries- Wellenlänge noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Greek
1 entries- μήκος κύματος noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Gujarati
1 entries- તરંગલંબાઈ noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- longèdonn noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֹרֶךְ גַּל noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- אורך גל noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Hindi
1 entries- तरंगदैर्घ्य noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Hungarian
1 entries- hullámhossz noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Icelandic
1 entries- bylgjulengd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Indonesian
1 entries- panjang gelombang noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Irish
1 entries- tonnfhad noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Italian
1 entries- lunghezza d'onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Japanese
1 entries- 波長 noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Kazakh
1 entries- толқын ұзындығы noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Khmer
2 entries- ជំហានរលក noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- ប្រវែងរលក noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Korean
1 entries- 파장 noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມຍາວຄື້ນ noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Latvian
1 entries- viļņa garums noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bangos ilgis noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Wellelängt noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Macedonian
1 entries- бра́нова до́лжина noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Malay
1 entries- panjang gelombang noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Malayalam
1 entries- തരംഗദൈർഘ്യം noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Marathi
1 entries- तरंगलांबी noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Mongolian
1 entries- долгионы урт noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Māori
1 entries- roangaru noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- dirêjiya pêlê noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- pêldirêjahî noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bølgelengde noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- bylgjelengd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- bølgelengd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- bølgelengde noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- bølgjelengd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Occitan
1 entries- longor d'onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Oromo
1 entries- dambalii noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- габова длужина noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Persian
1 entries- طول موج noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Polish
1 entries- długość fali noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Portuguese
1 entries- comprimento de onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Punjabi
1 entries- لہر لمبائی noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Romanian
1 entries- lungime de undă noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Russian
2 entries- волна́ noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- длина́ волны́ noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tonn-fhad noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- talasna duljina noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- valna duljina noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Sinhalese
1 entries- තරංග ආයාමය noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Slovak
1 entries- vlnová dĺžka noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Slovene
1 entries- valovna dolžina noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Spanish
4 entries- largor de ondo noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- largueza de onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- largura de onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- longitud de onda noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Swedish
1 entries- våglängd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Tagalog
2 entries- habang-alon noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
- libuyhaba (electromagnetic) noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Tajik
1 entries- адади мавҷӣ noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Tamil
1 entries- அலைநீளம் noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Telugu
1 entries- తరంగదైర్ఘ్యము noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Thai
1 entries- ความยาวคลื่น noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Turkish
1 entries- dalga boyu noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Ukrainian
1 entries- довжина́ хви́лі noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Urdu
1 entries- طولِ موج noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Uzbek
1 entries- toʻlqin uzunligi noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bước sóng noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Welsh
1 entries- tonfedd noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
West-Frisian
1 entries- weachlingte noun (the length of a single cycle of a wave)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
In that word is included the meaning of matching up to somebody's particular wavelength.
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Tom and Mary are on the same wavelength.
Source: tatoeba (1029898)
Tom and Mary were on the same wavelength.
Source: tatoeba (1095930)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.