radio wave

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nounElectricity.
  1. an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.

Origin of radio wave

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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How to use radio wave in a sentence

  • Human thought is an etheric wave of the same essential nature as the radio wave.

  • Time and again he sent messages on 600, a radio wave length reserved to coast and ship service alone.

  • Winford turned to the communication board and cut in the universal radio wave.

    The Space Rover | Edwin K. Sloat
  • Even thought, they believe, operates somewhat like a very short radio wave.

    The End of Time | Wallace West
  • There was a simple mechanism in the cartridge that allowed us to release the spores by a radio wave from our ship.

    Hawk Carse | Anthony Gilmore

British Dictionary definitions for radio wave

radio wave

noun
  1. an electromagnetic wave of radio frequency

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Scientific definitions for radio wave

radio wave

  1. 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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