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noun
a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
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Origin of ground wave
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby ground wave
ground tissue, ground-to-air, ground-to-ground, ground track, groundwater, ground wave, ground ways, ground wire, groundwood, groundwood pulp, groundwork
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How to use ground wave in a sentence
The rolling ground wave in the wake of the shock blast, rocked and bounced the solid, timber and adobe main house.
Make Mine Homogenized|Rick RaphaelThen came the ground wave, rolling through the earth like a gopher through a garden.
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British Dictionary definitions for ground wave
ground wave
ground ray
noun
a radio wave that travels directly between a transmitting and a receiving aerialCompare sky wave
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