Phrase guide

medium wave

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a radio wave with a frequency between 300 kHz and 3 MHz.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: radio wave, radio emission, radio radiation

History

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: လှိုင်းလတ် (hluing:lat) — radio wave
  • Chinese Cantonese: 中波 (zung1 bo1) — radio wave
  • Chinese: 中波 (tiong-pho) — radio wave
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中波 (zhōngbō) — radio wave
  • Finnish: keskiaallot — radio wave
  • Gujarati: મધ્યમ તરંગ (madhyam taraṅg) — radio wave
  • Hindi: मध्यम तरंग (madhyam taraṅg) — radio wave
  • Japanese: 中波 (chūha) — radio wave
  • Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಮ ತರಂಗ (madhyama taraṅga) — radio wave
  • Korean: 중파 (jungpa) — radio wave
  • Marathi: मध्यम तरंग (madhyam taraṅga) — radio wave
  • Nepali: मध्यम तरंग (madhyam taraṅga) — radio wave
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mellombølge — radio wave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mellombylgje — radio wave
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mellombølgje — radio wave
  • Romanian: undă mijlocie — radio wave
  • Tamil: மத்திய அலை (mattiya alai) — radio wave
  • Thai: คลื่นปานกลาง — radio wave
  • Vietnamese: sóng trung — radio wave