radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Examples of radio wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With this development comes the use of radio waves in different ways using different frequencies. CNN, 3 Sep. 2024 The other is the difficulty of combining the observation scales with the frequency of the light detected because visible-light frequencies can reach far, far higher than those of radio waves. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2023 Like Julia Child charging onto public television to teach French cooking, Dr. Westheimer took to the radio waves to explain, in straightforward fashion, the ways of making love. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 July 2024 The Deep Space Network is a system of radio antennae on Earth that helps the agency communicate with spacecraft exploring our solar system and releases radio waves to act as radar across space. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for radio wave 

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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radio wave was in 1915

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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

radio wave

noun
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Medical Definition

radio wave

noun
ra·​dio wave ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv How to pronounce radio wave (audio)
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

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