radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Examples of radio wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So great is the transformative power of life that its presence can be detected just from the light and radio waves our planet emits or reflects into space. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026

Lei's team propose that this glitch either strengthened or reoriented, or both, the magnetic field of the Blue Eye Pulsar sufficiently to trigger radio emissions, or at least make feeble radio waves that were already there detectable. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026

There was a possibility of being exposed to radio waves and the Empire State Building shut down the antenna, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News New York. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 July 2026

As radio waves travel across the universe, interstellar gas muddies them, generating a characteristic delay in the signal that depends on frequency. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 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