ground wave

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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.
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Then 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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