Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

group velocity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: group ve-loc-i-ty
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.

Inflected Forms

group velocities (plural)

Phrases

phase velocity

Frequently Paired Words

phase velocity

Questions

What does group velocity mean?: the propagation velocity of the envelope of a modulated travelling wave, which is considered as the propagation velocity of information or energy contained in it.

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