radio wave

English

Alternative forms

radiowave

Noun

radio wave (plural radio waves)

(physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.

Related terms

radio frequency, radiofrequency, radio-frequency, RF

Translations

electromagnetic radiation

Catalan: ona de ràdio f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無線電波 (zh), 无线电波 (zh) (wúxiàndiànbō)
Dutch: radiogolf (nl) f
Finnish: radioaallot pl, radioaalto (fi)
French: onde radio (fr) f
Galician: onda de radio f
Georgian: რადიოტალღა (radioṭalɣa)
German: Radiowelle (de) f
Hungarian: rádióhullám (hu)
Italian: radioonda (it) f

Japanese: 電波 (ja) (でんぱ, denpa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: radiobølge m or f
Portuguese: onda de rádio f
Romanian: undă radio f
Russian: радиоволна́ (ru) f (radiovolná), радиоизлуче́ние (ru) n (radioizlučénije)
Spanish: onda radioeléctrica f
Swedish: radiovåg (sv) c
Thai: คลื่นวิทยุ (th)
Vietnamese: sóng vô tuyến

See also

LW, MW, SW
microwave, shortwave, mediumwave, longwave

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.