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Definition of Long wave
1. Noun. A radio wave with a wavelength longer than a kilometer (a frequency below 300 kilohertz).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Wave
Literary usage of Long wave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"(6) long wave*.— The first careful study of these waves was made by Scott К usa
ELL (qv) in the course of an inquiry into traffic on canals. ..."
2. A Treatise on Hydrodynamics: With Numerous Examples by Alfred Barnard Basset (1888)
"Unless therefore rf can be neglected, it is impossible to satisfy the condition
of a free surface for a stationary long wave ; — in other words, ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"With greater wave-lengths increase of at. wt. brings a more marked scattering
and for long wave-lengths the scattering by heavy metals is considerable. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"To the north and east in the Java Sea the long wave can be traced for 450 miles,
... To the west, on the other hand, the long wave travelled over great ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"The period of the long wave was originally about two hours, but at distant stations
... But this is clearly totally inadequate to account for the long wave, ..."
6. Experimental Wireless Stations: Their Theory, Design, Construction and by Philip E. Edelman (1914)
"In one case, we are in tune with the long wave and in the other with the short wave
... Another station may commence sending, whose long wave is of the same ..."
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