"radio wave" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals. Wikipedia link: radio wave Categories (topical): Physics, Radio Synonyms: radiowave Translations (electromagnetic radiation): valë radio [feminine] (Albanian), مَوْجَة رَادْيُو (mawjat rādyō) [feminine] (Arabic), ռադիոալիք (ṙadioalikʻ) (Armenian), radio dalğası (Azerbaijani), радыёхва́ля (radyjoxválja) [feminine] (Belarusian), радиовълна́ (radiovǎlná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ရေဒီယိုလှိုင်း (rediyuihluing:) (Burmese), ona de ràdio [feminine] (Catalan), 無線電波 (Chinese Mandarin), 无线电波 (wúxiàndiànbō) (Chinese Mandarin), rádiová vlna [feminine] (Czech), radiobølge [common-gender] (Danish), radiogolf [feminine] (Dutch), raadiolaine (Estonian), radioaallot [plural] (Finnish), radioaalto (Finnish), onde radio [feminine] (French), onda de radio [feminine] (Galician), რადიოტალღა (radioṭalɣa) (Georgian), Radiowelle [feminine] (German), ραδιοκύμα (radiokýma) [neuter] (Greek), גַּל רַדְיוֹ (gal rádyo) [masculine] (Hebrew), रेडियो तरंग (reḍiyo taraṅg) [feminine] (Hindi), rádióhullám (Hungarian), radioonda [feminine] (Italian), 電波 (denpa) (alt: でんぱ) (Japanese), радиотолқын (radiotolqyn) (Kazakh), រលកវិទ្យុ (rɔɔrɔlɔɔk vityuʼ) (Khmer), 전파 (jeonpa) (alt: 電波) (Korean), радио толкуну (english: radio tolkunu) (Kyrgyz), ຄື້ນວິທະຍຸ (khư̄n wi tha nyu) (Lao), radiovilnis [masculine] (Latvian), radijo banga [feminine] (Lithuanian), ра́диобран (rádiobran) [masculine] (Macedonian), gelombang radio (Malay), radiobølge [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), موج رادیویی (mowj-e râdiyoyi) (Persian), fala radiowa [feminine] (Polish), onda de rádio [feminine] (Portuguese), undă radio [feminine] (Romanian), радиоволна́ (radiovolná) [feminine] (Russian), радиоизлуче́ние (radioizlučénije) [neuter] (Russian), радиоталас [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), радиовал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), radiotalas [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), radioval [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rádiová vlna [feminine] (Slovak), radijski val [masculine] (Slovene), onda radioeléctrica [feminine] (Spanish), onda de radio [feminine] (Spanish), radiovåg [common-gender] (Swedish), мавҷи радио (english: mavj-i radio) (Tajik), คลื่นวิทยุ (klʉ̂ʉn-wít-tá-yú) (Thai), radyo dalgası (Turkish), радіохви́ля (radioxvýlja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), radio toʻlqini (Uzbek), sóng vô tuyến (Vietnamese)
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          "roman": "radyjoxválja",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "word": "ona de ràdio"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
          "word": "無線電波"
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          "roman": "wúxiàndiànbō",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "word": "onde radio"
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mowj-e râdiyoyi",
          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
          "word": "موج رادیویی"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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      "word": "موج رادیویی"
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      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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      "word": "fala radiowa"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "onda de rádio"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "undă radio"
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      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "радиовал"
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      "word": "radiotalas"
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      "word": "radioval"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rádiová vlna"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "word": "radijski val"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
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      "word": "radiovåg"
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      "code": "tg",
      "english": "mavj-i radio",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "word": "мавҷи радио"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "radioxvýlja",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "радіохви́ля"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "word": "radio toʻlqini"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "electromagnetic radiation",
      "word": "sóng vô tuyến"
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}

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