habang-alon

Tagalog

Etymology

From haba +‎ -ng- +‎ alon. Calque of English wavelength.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌhabaŋ ˈʔalon/ [ˌhaː.bɐŋ ˈʔaː.lon̪]
  • Rhymes: -alon
  • Syllabification: ha‧bang-a‧lon

Noun

habang-alon (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜊᜅ᜔ᜀᜎᜓᜈ᜔) (physics)

  1. wavelength
    Synonyms: aluninghaba, (of an electromagnetic wave, neologism) libuyhaba

Further reading

  • “habang-alon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL
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