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wave·form

(wāv′fôrm′)

The mathematical representation of a wave, especially a graph obtained by plotting a characteristic of the wave against time.

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waveform

(ˈweɪvˌfɔːm)

(General Physics) physics the shape of the graph of a wave or oscillation obtained by plotting the value of some changing quantity against time

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wave•form

(ˈweɪvˌfɔrm)
n.

the shape of a wave, usu. represented as a graph of the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity as a function of time.

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waveform - the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time

wave form, wave shape

undulation, wave - (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

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