radio wave

noun

: an electromagnetic wave with radio frequency

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By receiving radio waves from hydrogen in space, CHIME has picked up thousands of FRBs across the universe. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025 The plane’s landing assistance system, which used radio waves to measure the plane’s relative distance to the runway, had been improved so dramatically that it was being used as a rudimentary navigation device. —

Justin Ling, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024 For more than half a decade after World War II, Soviet spies beamed powerful radio waves at the United States embassy in Moscow. —

Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Passenger screening is by Evolv Technology, whose screening and detection systems use extremely low-frequency radio waves to detect firearms, explosives and knives. —

Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for radio wave