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numero de onda

English translation: Wavenumber

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Portuguese term or phrase:numero de onda
English translation:Wavenumber
Entered by: Zornitsa Antonova

00:51 Jul 17, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Physics
Portuguese term or phrase: numero de onda
inverso de comprimento de onda que se mede em m-1.

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Zornitsa Antonova
Brazil
Local time: 18:08
Wavenumber
Explanation:
Have a look at Wikipédia. You can corroborate it there with a good explanation.
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Richard Legrand
Brazil
Local time: 18:08
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5 +2Wavenumber
Richard Legrand
4wave number or wavenumber
mccampello
4angular wavenumber or circular wavenumber
Marcos Antonio


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Wavenumber


Explanation:
Have a look at Wikipédia. You can corroborate it there with a good explanation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Wavenumber in most physical sciences is a wave property inversely related to wavelength, having SI units of reciprocal meters (m−1)

    Reference: http://www.wikpedia.org
Richard Legrand
Brazil
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
1 hr
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
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wave number or wavenumber


Explanation:
The term wave number refers to the number of complete wave cycles of an electromagnetic field (EM field) that exist in one meter (1 m) of linear space. Wave number is expressed in reciprocal meters (m-1).


    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/637882/wave-number...
    Reference: http://usuarios.uninet.com.br/~hopper/epcd_w.htm
mccampello
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Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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angular wavenumber or circular wavenumber


Explanation:
Sug.

Como não há mais detalhes e se a fórmula apresentada for k= 2 "pi" / freq. (angular wavenumber or circular wavenumber) alguns interpretam esta definição também como "wavenumber".

- There are unfortunately two different definitions of the wavenumber. ... The term "wavenumber" is sometimes also written out as two separate words (French ...
scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Wavenumber.html - 13k -

- The angular wavenumber or circular wavenumber, k, often misleadingly abbreviated as "wavenumber", is defined as..en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavenumber - 27k



Marcos Antonio
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