radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

Examples of radio wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But what’s really wild about this story is that, while eclipses create particularly mysterious disturbances in the ionosphere, radio waves actually travel differently whenever the sun isn’t out. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 29 July 2026

Dundon then aired the Hurricanes’ television broadcast over the radio waves. — Jason Quick, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Thus, using Abell 2255 as a cosmic laboratory to study the universe in radio waves could lead scientists to a better understanding of how magnetic fields come about and evolve. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026

Researchers identified the sugar by comparing its molecular signature in the radio wave data from the molecular cloud with the wavelength pattern for erythrulose measured in the laboratory. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 14 July 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