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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 from the Web for ordinary wave

Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
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There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.
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The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
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We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
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There was nothing out of the ordinary, but for the fact that Jim was gay.
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Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
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All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
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In one sense, then, the new issue has adequate expansibility for ordinary needs.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
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