wavenumber


is: the number of spatial cycles of a wave per unit length.   [P5.6, P10.2]

is equal: to the reciprocal of the wavelength:    [P5.6, P10.2]

as a term, is also widely used: to describe the quantity which is more properly referred to as the angular wavenumber.   [P5.6, P10.2]


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