airwaves

[ air-weyvz ]

plural noun
  1. the media of radio and television broadcasting: The airwaves were filled with news flashes about the crisis.

Origin of airwaves

1
1895–1900, for earlier sense; air1 + waves (plural of wave)

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British Dictionary definitions for airwaves

airwaves

/ (ˈɛəˌweɪvz) /


pl n
  1. informal radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting

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