radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Examples of radio wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, the material that swirls around the black hole can heat up and glow due to friction and tidal forces, emitting radio waves and X-rays. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

So great is the transformative power of life that its presence can be detected just from the light and radio waves our planet emits or reflects into space. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026

Instead of generating a new signal or amplifying the old one, the panel reshapes the path of radio waves already present in the environment. — New Atlas, 19 June 2026

All that data would need to be sent between Earth and these data centers – and between the data centers themselves – using radio waves or laser communications systems. — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for radio wave

• aftershave
• architrave
• autoclave
• microwave
• misbehave
• agave
• behave
• concave
• conclave
• enclave
• engrave
• enslave

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