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Definitions of radio wave
Definition that contains radio wave
  • radio transmit messages via radio waves
  • microwave a short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data
  • carrier a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
  • wireless transmission by radio waves
  • infrared electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves
  • infrared having or employing wavelengths longer than light but shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end
  • seeker a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
  • quasar a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
  • kennelly United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents; independently of Oliver Heaviside he discovered the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1861-1939)
  • radome a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
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