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HERTZIAN WAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hertzian wave mean?
• HERTZIAN WAVE (noun)
The noun HERTZIAN WAVE has 1 sense:
1. a former name for a radio wave; an electromagnetic wave of radio frequency generated by oscillations in an electric circuit
Familiarity information: HERTZIAN WAVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former name for a radio wave; an electromagnetic wave of radio frequency generated by oscillations in an electric circuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("Hertzian wave" is a kind of...):
radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)
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