shortwave
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
climatology
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
media
meteorology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
radio
telecommunications
Etymology: The noun is derived from short (adjective) + wave (noun).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. The adverb is also derived from the noun.
Compound parts: short
wave
Inflected forms:
form: shortwaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: short-wave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: short wave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: noun
examples: Shortwaves are longer than microwaves.
gloss: An electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: noun
examples: Shortwave fadeout data for the period 1955 through 1969 were analyzed and correlated with solar flare data for the same period. […] Some doubt is cast on the quality of the shortwave fadeout data during the early part of the period considered.
We often think of these surface radiative fluxes in terms of the two broad spectral bands that we have discussed before: shortwave fluxes and longwave fluxes. […] Blue parts of the shortwave radiance are more diffuse than are the red parts of that spectral band.
[O]nly about half of solar radiation reaching the Earth's atmosphere reaches Earth's surface. The sum of shortwave and longwave radiation reaching Earth's surface is global radiation.
gloss: An electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: noun
examples: Many stations broadcast on shortwaves.
The fun of listening to shortwave while in a car or boat is diminished by spark-plug noise created while the engine is running.
gloss: An electromagnetic wave with a relatively short wavelength; specifically, one with a wavelength generally between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: noun
examples: Finally in all the crackle and noise of the short-wave one of our men made contact with another boat.
gloss: Of a radio wave: having a wavelength of between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to a frequency between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of radio equipment: capable of receiving or transmitting radio signals at wavelengths in the above range.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Using radio waves having wavelengths of between 10 and 100 metres, corresponding to frequencies between 3 and 30 megahertz.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Related words: extremely low frequency
high frequency
super high frequency
ultra high frequency
ultra low frequency
very high frequency
Derived words: ultrashortwave
Translations:
lang: Burmese
word: လှိုင်းတို
roman: hluing:tui
lang: Catalan
word: ona curta
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 短波
roman: dyun² bo¹
lang: Chinese
word: 短波
roman: tér-pho, té-pho, toán-pho
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 短波
roman: duǎnbō
lang: Danish
word: kortbølge
lang: Dutch
word: kortegolf
lang: Finnish
word: lyhytaalto
lang: French
word: onde courte
lang: German
word: Kurzwelle
lang: Gujarati
word: લઘુ તરંગ
roman: laghu taraṅg
lang: Italian
word: onda corta
lang: Japanese
word: 短波
roman: tanpa
lang: Korean
word: 단파
roman: danpa
lang: Latvian
word: īsie viļņi
lang: Latvian
word: īsviļņi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kortbølge
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kortbølgje
lang: Portuguese
word: onda curta
lang: Romanian
word: undă scurtă
lang: Spanish
word: onda corta
lang: Swedish
word: kortvåg
lang: Thai
word: คลื่นสั้น
roman: klʉ̂ʉn-sân