Definition of "waveguide"

waveguide

noun
plural waveguides
1. A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.
verb
third-person singular simple present waveguides, present participle waveguiding, simple past and past participle waveguided
1. To act as a waveguide for
  Quotations
  The advantage of transverse magnetic polarization, however, is the possibility of exploiting surface plasmons for waveguiding.
  2009 January 8, Y. Chassagneux, R. Colombelli, W. Maineult, S. Barbieri, H. E. Beere, D. A. Ritchie, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, “Electrically pumped photonic-crystal terahertz lasers controlled by boundary conditions”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7226