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These plies were sealed together under heat and pressure and cured using high-frequency electronic radio waves.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Their strong magnetic fields can produce beams of radio waves that sweep across the sky like a lighthouse, resulting in metronomic radio pulses with intervals ranging from milliseconds to seconds.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
This will slowly come into view as the probe uses penetrating radio waves to peer beneath the icy crust — much like an X-ray machine.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
The pilot explained that, regardless of the number of passengers onboard, if a phone tries to connect to a radio tower, the radio waves can interfere with the radio waves of the pilots' headsets.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined above
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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
radio wave
noun
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
Medical Definition
radio wave
noun
ra·dio wave
ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency
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