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View synonyms for radio wave
radio wave
noun
, Electricity.
- an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
radio wave
noun
- an electromagnetic wave of radio frequency
radio wave
- A very low frequency electromagnetic wave (from roughly 30 kilohertz to 100 gigahertz). Radio waves are used for the transmission of radio and television signals; the microwaves used in radar and microwave ovens are also radio waves. Many celestial objects, such as pulsars, emit radio waves.
- See more at electromagnetic spectrum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of radio wave1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
Human thought is an etheric wave of the same essential nature as the radio wave.
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Time and again he sent messages on 600, a radio wave length reserved to coast and ship service alone.
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Winford turned to the communication board and cut in the universal radio wave.
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Even thought, they believe, operates somewhat like a very short radio wave.
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There was a simple mechanism in the cartridge that allowed us to release the spores by a radio wave from our ship.
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