radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Examples of radio wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These emissions are boosted by material channeled to the poles of the central black hole, from where it is blasted out as powerful twin jets that shine across the electromagnetic spectrum, particularly in radio waves. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

At some point around three billion years after the big bang, some celestial object in a faraway galaxy suddenly went pop and shot out a brief-but-powerful blast of radio waves, lasting just a fraction of a second. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

The company did so after acquiring a slice of radio waves from Grain Management, a private investment firm that bought the spectrum from T-Mobile. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

The second problem is that radio waves don’t travel well through the body. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 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