Phrase guide

radio wave

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

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hertzian wave

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: radio emission, radio radiation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, nonparticulate radiation

Narrower terms: sky wave, ground wave, radio signal, carrier wave, carrier, short wave, medium wave, long wave

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: valë radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Arabic: مَوْجَة رَادْيُو (mawjat rādyō) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Armenian: ռադիոալիք (ṙadioalikʻ) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Azerbaijani: radio dalğası — electromagnetic radiation
  • Belarusian: радыёхва́ля (radyjoxválja) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Bulgarian: радиовълна́ (radiovǎlná) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Burmese: ရေဒီယိုလှိုင်း (rediyuihluing:) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Catalan: ona de ràdio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無線電波 /无线电波 (wúxiàndiànbō) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Czech: rádiová vlna — electromagnetic radiation
  • Danish: radiobølge — electromagnetic radiation
  • Dutch: radiogolf — electromagnetic radiation
  • Estonian: raadiolaine — electromagnetic radiation
  • Finnish: radioaallot — electromagnetic radiation
  • Finnish: radioaalto — electromagnetic radiation
  • French: onde radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Galician: onda de radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Georgian: რადიოტალღა (radioṭalɣa) — electromagnetic radiation
  • German: Radiowelle — electromagnetic radiation
  • Greek: ραδιοκύμα (radiokýma) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Hebrew: גַּל רַדְיוֹ (gal rádyo) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Hindi: रेडियो तरंग (reḍiyo taraṅg) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Hungarian: rádióhullám — electromagnetic radiation
  • Italian: radioonda — electromagnetic radiation
  • Japanese: 電波 (denpa) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Kazakh: радиотолқын (radiotolqyn) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Khmer: រលកវិទ្យុ (rɔɔrɔlɔɔk vityuʼ) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Korean: 전파 (jeonpa) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Kyrgyz: радио толкуну — electromagnetic radiation
  • Lao: ຄື້ນວິທະຍຸ (khư̄n wi tha nyu) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Latvian: radiovilnis — electromagnetic radiation
  • Lithuanian: radijo banga — electromagnetic radiation
  • Macedonian: ра́диобран (rádiobran) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Malay: gelombang radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: radiobølge — electromagnetic radiation
  • Persian: موج رادیویی (mowj-e râdiyoyi) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Polish: fala radiowa — electromagnetic radiation
  • Portuguese: onda de rádio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Romanian: undă radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Russian: радиоволна́ (radiovolná) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Russian: радиоизлуче́ние (radioizlučénije) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Serbo-Croatian: радиоталас — electromagnetic radiation
  • Serbo-Croatian: радиовал — electromagnetic radiation
  • Serbo-Croatian: radiotalas — electromagnetic radiation
  • Serbo-Croatian: radioval — electromagnetic radiation
  • Slovak: rádiová vlna — electromagnetic radiation
  • Slovene: radijski val — electromagnetic radiation
  • Spanish: onda radioeléctrica — electromagnetic radiation
  • Spanish: onda de radio — electromagnetic radiation
  • Swedish: radiovåg — electromagnetic radiation
  • Tajik: мавҷи радио — electromagnetic radiation
  • Thai: คลื่นวิทยุ (klʉ̂ʉn-wít-tá-yú) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Turkish: radyo dalgası — electromagnetic radiation
  • Ukrainian: радіохви́ля (radioxvýlja) — electromagnetic radiation
  • Uzbek: radio toʻlqini — electromagnetic radiation
  • Vietnamese: sóng vô tuyến — electromagnetic radiation