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long wave

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long wave
n.
A radio wave with a wavelength in excess of 1000 meters.
long wave
Noun
a radio wave with a wavelength greater than 1000 metres
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.long wave - a radio wave with a wavelength longer than a kilometer (a frequency below 300 kilohertz)
radio emission, radio radiation, radio wave - an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m
Translations

long wave n → onda larga
long wave n (Radio) → grandes ondes, ondes longues
long wave long n → Langwelle f
long wave n (RADIO) → onde fpl lunghe


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He drank it slowly, his eyes fixed upon the long row of bottles ranged upon the shelf opposite to him, he himself carried back upon a long wave of thoughts to a little West African station where the moist heat rose in fever mists and where an endless stream of men passed backward and forward to their tasks with wan, weary faces and slowly dragging limbs.
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The sky was clear, the sun midway down the western sky; long waves, capped by the breeze with froth, were running with us.
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