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Illustration by the Simons Observatory The telescopes gather microwaves — wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Electronic devices use radio waves to send and receive data, like your laptop and Wi-Fi router or cellphone and cell tower.
—Scott Coyle, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
The images show nuclear winds sweeping the galaxy, dense clouds and interstellar gas reflecting X-ray light, and jets shooting out radio waves that heat up clouds in the galaxy.
—Giuseppina Fabbiano, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2024
The strength of the returning radio waves increased over that time, suggesting that new rock had formed since 1990, per NASA.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
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Word History
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 15 Jun. 2024.
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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