How to Use radio frequency in a Sentence

radio frequency

noun
  • The crews of the two trains were on different radio frequencies.
    Will Englund, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The cases were shown to shield more than 99% of the radio frequency waves emitted by cellphones.
    Kavita Daswani, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • Profound is the first and only radio frequency micro-needling device that is FDA cleared for both the face and the body.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021
  • But there was another use for waves in the radio frequency right around the corner.
    Erica Huang, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The team tracks 23 of these pythons, each signaling at its own radio frequency.
    Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • There are three different types of 5G networks: networks that use the low-band, mid-band and high-band of the radio frequency spectrum.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 14 June 2020
  • In recent years, the Dish played a pivotal role in ensuring the U.S. retained access to the L5 radio frequency.
    Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The tiny, grain-of-rice-size RFID (radio frequency identification) chip opens doors with a wave of your hand in front of a chip reader.
    David Abrahams, Allure, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The boxes can pick up the radio frequency from a car key fob that's sitting on a table inside, hung up on a key rack, or even resting in a purse.
    Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The telescope will observe the asteroid for 10 hours across four bands of radio frequency.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Once the structure that holds up the neck has been strengthened, Ultherapy and radio frequency treatments can firm and tighten the skin.
    Emily Dudding, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Mar. 2016
  • One is that the emissions of many of the bursts are biased toward specific radio frequencies.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2018
  • This new view of the Milky Way shows the lowest radio frequencies in red, middle frequencies in green, and the highest frequencies in blue.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 20 Nov. 2019
  • But its 180 residents and virtually all the skiers who seek out the world-class backcountry above town know about the two-way radio frequency that fills the void.
    Devon O’Neil, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2020
  • There’s also the GoTenna Mesh, which works on radio frequencies, rather than satellites.
    Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The new agreement is meant to designate the radio frequencies over which 5G equipment can transmit.
    Alexandra Witze, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Guests can tune in to a radio frequency to hear music alongside alongside the visuals.
    Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The GuRu tech works over millimeter-waves (mmWave), the same radio frequency used for fast 5G data transfers.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 May 2021
  • All supply radio frequency, or RF, components used in the iPhone.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Tonn said people are using small radio frequency blockers — a box about 3 by 3 inches in size — to block remotes that lock cars.
    Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 2 Sep. 2019
  • In addition to the eye-level sticker, the towers have two other signs warning about radio frequency waves that are posted about 10 feet and 20 feet above the ground.
    Joanne Haner, Miami Herald, 19 July 2024
  • He was rescued in late August near Guam, after managing to send a radio frequency to a tanker named Arpeggio on Aug. 31.
    Edmund Demarche, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Electrodes pulse radio frequency waves through the shells, targeting the space between the white and yolk where salmonella dwells.
    Rebecca Huval, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The Coyotes' impending move to Fox Sports 910 is about more than a different radio frequency.
    Richard Morin, azcentral, 13 Aug. 2019
  • After each set of radio pulses, the atoms relax and emit their own radio frequency signals, which reveal their new state.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Tonn said people are using small radio frequency blockers — a box about 3 inches by 3 inches in size — to block remotes that lock cars.
    Alejandro Serrano, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Vehicles will be able to park on the road to watch the show while listening to an original score broadcast on a hyperlocal radio frequency at 103.3 FM.
    Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Next, my trainer applied more training serum to my face before pulling out the radio frequency machine that had a remote-like device attached to it.
    Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Meanwhile, Sprint is using lower radio frequencies with longer ranges for its 5G buildout.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Ground-penetrating radar has been one promising area of research, using pulses of radio frequency energy to find voids or gaps beneath ground surface.
    Arthur Herman, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014

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