radio spectrum

noun

: the region of the electromagnetic spectrum spanning the radio frequency range

Examples of radio spectrum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But elsewhere, the company has struck partnerships with local carriers, with the aim of using their licensed radio spectrum to send the internet data to customers' phones. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024 The goal would be to support creative and cooperative uses of the radio spectrum. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023 On Tuesday, the FCC rejected SpaceX’s original application to use the radio spectrum on a technicality. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024 This segment of the radio spectrum, which is used by satellites in orbit, is finite, and operators must transmit their signals on different bands of it. Jean-François Morizur, Fortune Europe, 8 Mar. 2024 The showdown between the airline and telecom industries and their rival regulators — the FAA and the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees radio spectrum — threatened to further disrupt the aviation industry, which has been hammered by the pandemic for nearly two years. David Koenig, ajc, 19 Jan. 2022 The airports represent a compromise in the ongoing struggle over radio spectrum turf between the aviation industry and cell providers. Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022 In comparison, Wi-Fi operates in unlicensed radio spectrum in competition with other technologies including Bluetooth, Zigbee, and ultra-wideband. IEEE Spectrum, 10 Dec. 2023 Taken together, the combined company has 19 large communications satellites in orbit, including 12 operating in Ka-band, the same piece of the radio spectrum used by the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of radio spectrum was in 1927

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

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