wavelength

longueur d’onde, façon de penser

Manière de penser d’une personne, surtout par rapport à celle d’une autre.

En anglais simple : Someone’s way of thinking, especially when compared with another person’s.

• We’re on the same wavelength.
• My boss and I are on different wavelengths.
• Are you on her wavelength about this project?

Comment l'utiliser : on the same wavelength (We are on the same wavelength about raising children.); on a different wavelength (He seems to be on a different wavelength from us.)

Synonymes : mindset, way of thinking

Expressions courantes : same wavelength, different wavelength, on someone’s wavelength

longueur d’onde

Distance entre deux points équivalents d’une onde, par exemple deux sommets successifs.

En anglais simple : The distance between two matching points on a wave, such as the tops of two neighbouring waves.

• Red light has a longer wavelength than blue light.
• We measured the wavelength of the signal.
• Different wavelengths produce different colours.

Expressions courantes : short wavelength, long wavelength, wavelength of light, measure wavelength