T-ray
An electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the…An electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the properties of, short radio waves and long infrared waves, generally in the 0.1 to 10 terahertz (THz) band of frequencies.
Meaning
1 senses(also, attributive, in the plural)An electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the properties of, short radio waves and long infrared waves, generally in the 0.1 to 10 terahertz (THz) band of frequencies.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Initialism of t(erahertz) + ray, modelled after X-ray. The term was coined in Bell Labs inInitialism of t(erahertz) + ray, modelled after X-ray. The term was coined in Bell Labs in the United States in the mid-1990s.
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