Meaning

1 senses
  1. Electromagnetic radiation, such as light and radio waves.

    elektromagnetische Welle

    электромагни́тная волна́elektromagnítnaja volná

    електромагні́тна хви́ляelektromahnítna xvýlja

More definitions
  • radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The receiver collects the electromagnetic waves and demodulates them, decoding the sender’s message.

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  2. We're receiving electromagnetic waves all the time with our cellphones, but not many know that.

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  3. A transmitter encodes a message onto electromagnetic waves through modulation, which changes properties of the wave to represent the data.

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  4. Sound needs matter to propagate through. However, cosmic noise and electromagnetic waves don't.

    deDer Schall benötigt Materie, um sich ausbreiten zu können, Weltraumrauschen oder elektromagnetische Wellen aber nicht.

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  5. Traversing the Universe / is the gyroscopic computer, / ejecting plasma at its tail. / It searches for electromagnetic waves / from the distant star cluster.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: electromagnetic waves

Synonyms

2 synonyms
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Word family

1 related words

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