halfwave

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From half +‎ waveCategory:English compound terms#HALFWAVE.

Noun

halfwave (plural halfwaves)Category:English lemmas#HALFWAVECategory:English nouns#HALFWAVECategory:English countable nouns#HALFWAVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HALFWAVECategory:Pages with entries#HALFWAVECategory:Pages with 1 entry#HALFWAVE

  1. (physicsCategory:en:Physics#HALFWAVE, mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#HALFWAVE) half (especially the positive half) of a sine wave

Usage notes

  • Used attributively to describe devices that manipulate electromagnetic waves by removing the negative part.
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