radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

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If cell phone radio waves are interfering with headsets, pilots can usually still hear instructions from the control tower, but the audio could be less clear. Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025 After dark, their vintage Shamrock radio could tune-in radio waves from distant states. Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2025 Some of these gas clouds are powerful emitters of microwave light, which has a wavelength in between infrared and radio waves. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025 This is a different kind of World War II love story, about a hidden jewel and the power of radio waves and the mysterious ways in which human decency can survive even the cruelest circumstances. Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 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 23 May. 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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