microwave oven
noun
: an oven in which food is cooked by the heat produced by the absorption of microwave energy by water molecules in the food
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Inside, the Pebble Flow features a clean, minimalist design with LED strip lighting, a full shower and bathroom, kitchen with a moveable induction cooktop and a convection microwave oven.
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William Roberson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Even at that, the panels will generate only about 700 watts of electricity, or roughly the energy required to run a small microwave oven or a coffee maker.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Klystrons and their cousins, cavity magnetrons (found in ordinary microwave ovens), are quite efficient because of their simplicity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
The arriving crew places a white box about the size of a microwave oven that contains the pig's two kidneys on a wheelchair and rushes it to the operating room.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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William Roberson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Even at that, the panels will generate only about 700 watts of electricity, or roughly the energy required to run a small microwave oven or a coffee maker.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Klystrons and their cousins, cavity magnetrons (found in ordinary microwave ovens), are quite efficient because of their simplicity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
The arriving crew places a white box about the size of a microwave oven that contains the pig's two kidneys on a wheelchair and rushes it to the operating room.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Microwave oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microwave%20oven. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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