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Each company has its own mix of technology, but generally, a vehicle will be equipped with about a dozen external cameras, a few audio recording devices, and half a dozen sensors that use laser beams and radio waves to determine the exact locations of surrounding objects.
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Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 July 2024
While K-pop artists tend to utilize a range of teaser photos and video clips to hype fans up for new music, the members of Stray Kids are heading to Apple Music’s radio waves to share more about the group’s upcoming ATE album.
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Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 8 July 2024
Astronomers transmitted radio waves from the Goldstone Solar System Radar’s 230-foot-wide (70-meter-wide) satellite dish, near Barstow, California, to the space rock.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 July 2024
During the April 2024 eclipse, NASA scientists measured the sun’s radio waves as the moon slipped in front of it.
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Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 25 June 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 26 Jul. 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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