Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electromagnetic wave, usually of radio frequency, produced by the oscillation of electricity in a conductor.
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- noun an electromagnetic wave generated by oscillations in an electric circuit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.]
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