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RADIO FREQUENCY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("radio frequency" is a kind of...):
frequence; frequency; oftenness (the number of occurrences within a given time period)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radio frequency"):
station (the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station)
ELF; extremely low frequency (below 3 kilohertz)
very low frequency; VLF (3 to 30 kilohertz)
LF; low frequency (30 to 300 kilohertz)
medium frequency; MF (300 to 3000 kilohertz)
HF; high frequency (3 to 30 megahertz)
very high frequency; VHF (30 to 300 megahertz)
UHF; ultrahigh frequency (300 to 3000 megahertz)
SHF; superhigh frequency (3 to 30 gigahertz)
EHF; extremely high frequency (30 to 300 gigahertz)
Holonyms ("radio frequency" is a part of...):
electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)