radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

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These radio waves are produced when an outflow of material slams into gas that surrounds the black hole. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Astronomers started discovering objects that emitted powerful radio waves but, unlike most Seyfert galaxies, were very faint in visible light. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025 In modern communication, radio waves carry most of the world’s digital information. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025 The energy splitting was so small that the Rabi frequency was very low, at radio wave frequencies. Thomas Linker, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for radio wave

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radio wave was in 1915

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“Radio wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20wave. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

radio wave

noun
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Medical Definition

radio wave

noun
ra·​dio wave ˈrād-ē-ō-ˌwāv How to pronounce radio wave (audio)
: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

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