extraordinary wave
nounRadio.
(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 different from those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
Origin of extraordinary wave
1First recorded in 1880–85
- Also called X-wave.
- Compare ordinary wave.
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How to use extraordinary wave in a sentence
An extraordinary wave of emotion came over him, finely strung as he was, and susceptible to all grades of feeling.
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