shortwave
noun
short·wave
ˈshȯrt-ˌwāv 
often attributive
1
: a radio wave having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters
2
: a radio transmitter or receiver using shortwaves
3
: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength equal to or less than that of visible light
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Another embedded shortwave is forecast to track through the region again late Sunday into Monday, increasing the probability of precipitation.
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Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 May 2024
High-frequency communication systems such as ground-to-air, shortwave and ship-to-shore radio would be disrupted.
—David Wallace, CBS News, 14 May 2024
But unlike Rocha, they were accused of conspiring to commit espionage because the FBI retrieved proof of their communications with the Cuban intelligence services via shortwave radio.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The approach, which uses shortwave infrared observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), can detect large-emitting events of around tens of metric tons an hour or larger.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
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Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 1 May 2024
High-frequency communication systems such as ground-to-air, shortwave and ship-to-shore radio would be disrupted.
—David Wallace, CBS News, 14 May 2024
But unlike Rocha, they were accused of conspiring to commit espionage because the FBI retrieved proof of their communications with the Cuban intelligence services via shortwave radio.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
The approach, which uses shortwave infrared observations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), can detect large-emitting events of around tens of metric tons an hour or larger.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
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shortwave
noun
short·wave
ˈshȯrt-ˈwāv
: a radio wave with a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters
Medical Definition
shortwave
noun
short·wave
ˈshȯrt-ˈwāv
1
: a radio wave having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters
2
: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength equal to or less than that of visible light
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