RADIO SPECTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio spectrum mean? 

• RADIO SPECTRUM (noun)
  The noun RADIO SPECTRUM has 1 sense:

1. the entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications; includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television

  Familiarity information: RADIO SPECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO SPECTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications; includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

radio-frequency spectrum; radio spectrum

Hypernyms ("radio spectrum" is a kind of...):

spectrum (an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave)

Meronyms (parts of "radio spectrum"):

radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)

Holonyms ("radio spectrum" is a part of...):

electromagnetic spectrum (the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves)

 Context examples 

We've strongly suspected that hydrogen sulfide gas was influencing the millimeter and radio spectrum of Uranus for some time, but we were unable to attribute the absorption needed to identify it positively.

(What Uranus Cloud Tops Have in Common With Rotten Eggs, NASA)

ALMA’s capabilities allowed both teams to observe the molecule at several different and characteristic wavelengths across the radio spectrum.

(ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars, ESO)

But until Juno, all the lightning signals recorded by spacecraft were limited to either visual detections or from the kilohertz range of the radio spectrum, despite a search for signals in the megahertz range.

(Juno Solves 39-Year Old Mystery of Jupiter Lightning, NASA)