long wave
Electricity. an electromagnetic wave over 60 meters in length.
Geology. L wave.
Origin of long wave
1Other words from long wave
- long-wave, adjective
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How to use long wave in a sentence
High tides and low tides occur on opposite sides of our planet at the same time, and, in the words of navigator Tristan Gooley, “can be thought of as a pair of very long waves that ride around the Earth,” straddling half the globe between crests.
A molecule of carbon dioxide traps heat, radiant heat, the long wave end of the spectrum.
Hanging Out with Ian McEwan: Full Transcript | The Daily Beast Video | April 14, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTAt last, having given that up, he tuned in on long wave lengths and at once began picking up something.
On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. SnellThe monks had sought him everywhere, and at dawn had found him lying in the hollow of the long wave that washes Iona on the north.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4) | Fiona MacleodAlready the rush of a long wave would send the water lapping around their horses' feet.
Frontier Boys on the Coast | Capt. Wyn Roosevelt
It stopped there; and a long wave broke with a roar, and rushed up in gleaming foam almost to their feet.
The Swindler and Other Stories | Ethel M. DellBut the singing continued; others joined in it, and soon it swelled to a long wave of song and flowed over that human sea.
The Shadow of a Crime | Hall Caine
British Dictionary definitions for long wave
a radio wave with a wavelength greater than 1000 metres
(as modifier): a long-wave broadcast
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