Associations to the word «Waveform»

Wiktionary

WAVEFORM, noun. (mathematics) The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
WAVEFORM, noun. (physics) (engineering) The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a charecteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.

Dictionary definition

WAVEFORM, noun. The shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats