SHORT WAVE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A radio wave with a wavelength less than 100 meters (a frequency greater than 3 megahertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("short wave" is a kind of...):

radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)

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