wideband

adjective

wide·​band ˈwīd-ˌband How to pronounce wideband (audio)

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Following that, in the final stage of the 3G standardization battle—a debate between wideband CDMA and a similar access technology, CDMA2000—Onoe emerged as a major player to help broker an agreement, as Japan at least hedgingly supported the push for W-CDMA. Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025 Take the Jolt simulator, an experimental wideband generator developed by the U.S. Air Force (and described in the Proceedings of the IEEE in July 2004). IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2014 The technology, called Chronos, relies on making the devices emulate multi-gigahertz wideband radios. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2016 The fields are of two kinds: narrowband and wideband. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2014 See All Example Sentences for wideband

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First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wideband was in 1931

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“Wideband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wideband. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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