wavelength: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Wavelength and Frequency Calculations. | Oct 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Natural frequency. | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Text WSU - Introductory Psychology - Waves and Wavelengths. | Oct 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Sound. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Effect of wavelength on the electrical parameters of a vertical parallel junction silicon solar cell illuminated by its rear side in frequency domain (PDF). | Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Physics - Wavelength dependent transmission in multimode graded-index microstructured polymer optical fibers. | Aug 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Understanding Sound - Wavelength, speed and frequency. | Jul 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaiʻi Pressbooks - Psychology - Waves and Wavelength. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 1 - Introduction. | Nov 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Openstax - Psychology 2e - Waves and Wavelengths. | Aug 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Wavelength. | Jan 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Wavelength and Frequency Calculations. | Sep 13, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 24, 2021 | ||
| Added diagram of two different wavelengths. | Jan 27, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Biography of Wavelength. | May 10, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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