Is there a term called 'Wave Factor'?

[kranav]

Please can someone gives its definition or explain what it means??
I have searched everywhere but without luck.
thanks a lot.

 

[JHamm]

Where did you read/hear about it?

 

[kranav]

somebody asked me earlier

 

[e.bar.goum]

Maybe they misheard "wave vector"?

 

[kranav]

okay,
then i can probably assume that there is nothing known as wave factor.
thanks for the help!

 

[Redbelly98]

Maybe they misheard "wave vector"?

Entirely possible, and that was my initial guess as well.

Googling "wave factor" reveals something called "slow-wave factor", which has something to do with microwave transmission lines. If you read a few links turned up by Google, you'll know more than I do.

 

[Delta Kilo]

Maybe they misheard "wave vector"?

Or wave number?

 

[Redbelly98]

Or wave number?

Possible. But when spoken, the word "vector" sounds a lot more like "factor" than "number" does.