How to Use wavelength in a Sentence

wavelength

noun

• Light and sound have different wavelengths.
• Then the wavelength – the distance between the top of one wave and the top of the wave behind it.
  — Sally Warner, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
• They were limited to a depth of seven frames by the wavelengths used and the size of the DMD.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2023
• So to us, their light appears to have a longer wavelength.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 7 Jan. 2022
• The angstrom measurement is used for the wavelength of light.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2020
• The pair, who are adorably nervous all evening, appear to be on the same wavelength.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• Luisi and the orchestra were challenged to keep on the same wavelength.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The sun, during the day, shines a full spectrum of light, and it’s centered around the blue wavelengths.
  — Allie Volpe, Vox, 25 Feb. 2025
• That movement stretches the light and makes its wavelength longer.
  — Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• This is the wavelength of light that the pigment granules in the hogfish absorb best.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
• Mars and Earth bathe in the same sunlight—the same hodgepodge of light at every wavelength.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
• Alas, this wavelength (121 nm) is not visible to the naked eye.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 Sep. 2020
• Between Casper and Luke, what is up with kids vibing on the aliens’ wavelength?
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
• The signal for phosphine is a radio wave with a wavelength of 1.123 mm.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 26 Sep. 2020
• If Einstein was right, the black hole would warp space and time in a way that extended the wavelength of light from S0-2.
  — NBC News, 3 Aug. 2019
• The blue light from the sun scatters away, and longer-wavelength red, orange, and yellow light pass through.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 15 Nov. 2021
• As objects move away from us, the wavelength is stretched, shifting it toward the red end.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
• In the summer, the pressure is relieved and the eye reflects a yellow to green wavelength.
  — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
• Those are precisely the wavelengths at which these small red dwarf stars give off most of their light.
  — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
• No wavelength is perfect, Longcore says, but blue and white are worst of all.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• Since then, the coronavirus has been shown to die off in the presence of UV rays with the same wavelength as sunlight.
  — Rachel Gutman, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2021
• The shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency and the higher the energy.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• More than 100 countries are thinking along the same wavelength.
  — Ted Dhillon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• The light from screens uses blue light, which is made up of shorter wavelengths that are perceived by the brain as a cue to be alert and awake9.
  — Emily Elveru, Parents, 3 Aug. 2023
• The base surrounds the brush on all sides with UV light set at specific wavelengths to kill germs like E. coli and staph.
  — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 6 May 2019
• Consumers appear to be on the same wavelength as investors.
  — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• That tiny mass corresponds to a wave with a vast wavelength, as long as a small galaxy.
  — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
• Much of the ocean appears blue to human eyes, but the true color may contain a mix of wavelengths, from blue to green and even red.
  — Time, 13 July 2023
• Red wavelengths still manage to filter through our atmosphere and reach the moon, hence the event’s dramatic nickname.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
• Hydrogen in a gas cloud, for example, emits light at very specific wavelengths, though generally most is at 656 nanometers (in the red part of the spectrum).
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025