radio waves
Waves at the end of the electromagnetic spectrum with the lowest frequency (less than 300 megahertz) and the longest wavelength (from a few feet to many miles). Because of their low frequency, radio waves carry very little energy compared to other electromagnetic waves. (See Planck's constant.)
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How to use radio waves in a sentence
NFC means that the device will be able to communicate with other technology over short distances through radio waves.
iWatch, iPhone 6, and More: What Apple Has Up Its Sleeve | Kyle Chayka | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe idea is fairly simple: take a sealed metal canister and fill it with radio waves, which are a low-energy form of light.
Dear NASA: Fuel-Free Rocket Thruster Is Literally Too Good to Be True | Matthew R. Francis | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDecades of his unmistakable voice took over the radio waves, and news broadcasts dealt with little else.
Any risk comes not from the phone itself, of course, but from the radio waves it emits.
They have come from politicians or media figures, hammering home their point on a soapbox or over radio waves.
He pressed a button, and a needle swung instantly to point the direction whence the radio waves were coming.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousWe send sound, music by radio waves across half the world from our broadcasting stations.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousThe problem is the same 101 as with radio waves, which are also energy.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X | Victor AppletonLight will conduct sound or radio waves even through a vacuum and this stuff I'm sending isn't so very different.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattAll radio waves used on interplanetary liners are shielded from interference.
Pirates of the Gorm | Nat Schachner
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