waveform

noun

wave·​form ˈwāv-ˌfȯrm 

: a usually graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics (such as frequency and amplitude)

called also waveshape

Examples of waveform in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition, Meadowlands can spoof enemy assets by imitating the specific, complex waveforms used by military and commercial satellite networks. — David Szondy july 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

BrainChip says its neuromorphic AI approach allows the system to capture unknown waveforms and use them for future model retraining, enabling adaptation to emerging wireless threats. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026

Rather the forms of our world arise as resonances in the field of perception, revealing perception as an active (not passive) process that collapses a waveform of probability into a this or a that. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Instead, Jane defaces the archive, turning a hard drive of frozen waveforms into songs that sound alive and optimistic. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for waveform

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• outperform
• piriform
• plexiform

Medical Definition

waveform

noun

wave·​form ˈwāv-ˌfȯrm 

: a usually graphic representation of the shape of a wave that indicates its characteristics (as frequency and amplitude)

called also waveshape