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title: "Which waves have smallest wavelength?"  
description: "Which waves have smallest wavelength?"  
author: "Gurmeet Kaur"  
published: 2019-03-25  
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# Which waves have smallest wavelength? 

Which waves have [smallest](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4762/top-10-smallest-mammals-in-the-world) wavelength?

## Answers

### Answer by DILIP SINGH

**In the whole electromagnetic radiation, the Gamma Radiation has the shortest wavelength.** Order of the waves are as follows (from shortest to longest wavelength): **Gamma, X-Rays, UV, Visible, Infrared, Microwaves, Radio Waves.** Gamma has the shortest wavelength as a result of it's the next frequency, which means a lot of waves in a very second than the other radiation, which ends within the short [wavelength.](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51927/radio-ways-of-constant-frequency-are-produced-by-which-device)Wavelength is inversely proportional to the Frequency, and because it has a short wavelength and high frequency it has the most energy out of the rest of the [Electromagnetic Radiation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32043/what-frequency-range-is-the-high-frequency-band) Spectrum. ![Which waves have smallest wavelength?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/2ff1623c-011a-44eb-9654-80f802b7eba6/images/f4faa535-4ac8-4255-866d-56acde07b3a3.jpeg)\


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