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
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This technique typically sends out a series of electromagnetic pulses and analyzes how the returning waveforms change, which can correlate potential signs of a passing ship or underwater drone.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Active countermeasures such as jammers or decoys proliferated, thanks to technological advances that enabled EW systems with greater power, wider frequency ranges, and more complex waveforms, and which were small enough to fit aircraft as well as ships.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2022
This shows that the earthquake was pulse-like, which is a major discovery and confirms previous inferences made from seismic waveforms of other earthquakes.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
So in this scheme, the software shapes the output waveform.
—Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
Active countermeasures such as jammers or decoys proliferated, thanks to technological advances that enabled EW systems with greater power, wider frequency ranges, and more complex waveforms, and which were small enough to fit aircraft as well as ships.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2022
This shows that the earthquake was pulse-like, which is a major discovery and confirms previous inferences made from seismic waveforms of other earthquakes.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
So in this scheme, the software shapes the output waveform.
—Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024
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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
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