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WAYVL-ength/ˈweɪvleŋθ/

Wavelength is the distance between wave peaks; informally, a way of thinking (on the same wavelength): a radio wavelength, on the same wavelength. Frequency is the physics cousin; agreement in a lobby is not a lifted embargo.

Meaning

The distance between wave peaks; also (informal) a way of thinking (on the same wavelength).

Examples

• “Being on the same wavelength in the lobby does not lift the embargo.”
• “Frequency is the physics twin. Rapport is the social twin. A lobby is talk. A clock is the rule. Wait for midnight; then agree in public.”

Good to know

A wave measure, or a shared way of thinking. Social twin: rapport. Rapport ≠ a lifted embargo.

Near in meaning

frequency

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