sky wave

noun Radio.

a radio wave propagated upward from earth, whether reflected by the ionosphere or not.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of sky wave

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby sky wave

sky marker, sky marshal, sky pilot, sky show, sky train, sky wave, sky's the limit, the, sky-blue pink, sky-high, skyboard, skyborne

British Dictionary definitions for sky wave

sky wave

noun

a radio wave reflected back to the earth by the ionosphere (ionospheric wave), permitting transmission around the curved surface of the earthCompare ground wave

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