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"word": "صمت إذاعي"
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"word": "無線電靜默"
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"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
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"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
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"word": "سکوت رادیویی"
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"word": "cisza radiowa"
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"word": "радиомолча́ние"
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"word": "silencio de radio"
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"word": "radiotystnad"
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"roman": "yǎowúyīnxùn",
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"word": "杳无音讯"
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"text": "No messages, actually. Total radio silence on her end all day.",
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"ref": "2022 December 23, Katherine Rosman, “She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "صمت إذاعي"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "無線電靜默"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "无线电静默"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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"word": "rádiový klid"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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"word": "radiotavshed"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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"word": "radiostilte"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "radiohiljaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "silence radio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Funkstille"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenzio radio"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "radioünsızdık",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "радиоүнсіздік"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "سکوت رادیویی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cisza radiowa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "radiomolčánije",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "радиомолча́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silencio de radio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"word": "radiotystnad"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "radiomovčannja",
"sense": "period of time when all radio transmissions cease",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "радіомовчання"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎowúyīnxùn",
"sense": "period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization",
"word": "杳无音讯"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radiostilte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silence radio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Funkstille"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"radio silence"
],
"word": "radio silence"
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