electric wave

noun

1. electromagnetic wave.

Word History and Origins

Origin of electric wave¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The words were vibrant with a low-pitched hum, that smote and bored like the impact of an electric wave.

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Her breath came suddenly; with the monosyllable an electric wave had set the pulses of both tingling.

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It was our own Joseph Henry who, in 1842, discovered the electric wave—the "induction" upon which wireless telegraphy depends.

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When Miss Hopkins came in to tea an electric wave of excitement surged round the room, then broke in disappointment.

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To understand the nature of an electric wave we must consider, in the first place, some properties of the ether.

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