ordinary wave

American  

noun

1. Radio.  (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.

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Example Sentences

But one person in a nearby car recognized the signal from TikTok, and knew it was no ordinary wave.

From New York Times

Dave also pioneered a new crowd move, the slow-motion wave, which is somehow much, much funnier than an ordinary wave.

From Time Magazine Archive

CJ got a 9.8 for his first wave, and then a ten for his second quarter-final run, which was actually a comparatively ordinary wave made freakish by his calm disposition and style.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think of how helpless one is when bathing, against an ordinary wave.

From Project Gutenberg

As the speed of this jarring movement is very much greater than that of any ordinary wave, the blow which it may strike may be most destructive.

From Project Gutenberg