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wave number vs frequency

frequency vs wave number

wave number and frequency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wave number Yes No No No
frequency Yes No No No
As nouns, frequency is a hypernym of wave number; that is, frequency is a word with a broader meaning than wave number:
  • wave number: the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave
  • frequency: the number of occurrences within a given time period
Other hypernyms of wave number include frequence, oftenness.
wave number (noun) frequency (noun)
the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave the number of observations in a given statistical category
the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
the number of occurrences within a given time period
Difference between wave number and frequency

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