MEDIUM WAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does medium wave mean? 

• MEDIUM WAVE (noun)
  The noun MEDIUM WAVE has 1 sense:

1. a radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz)

  Familiarity information: MEDIUM WAVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDIUM WAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radio wave with a wavelength between 100 and 1000 meters (a frequency between 300 kilohertz and 3000 kilohertz)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("medium 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)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)