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continuous wave

noun Telecommunications.

an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency: used to carry information by being modulated, as in radio or television, or by being interrupted as in radiotelegraphy. Abbreviation: CW

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Origin of continuous wave

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby continuous wave

continuous processing, continuous spectrum, continuous stationery, continuous suture, continuous variation, continuous wave, continuous waves, continuous welded rail, continuum, continuum hypothesis, conto
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