Definition of Airwave

1. Noun. Medium for radio and television broadcasting. "The president used the airwaves to take his message to the people"

Exact synonyms: Air
Generic synonyms: Medium
Derivative terms: Air, Air

Definition of Airwave

1. Noun. Singular of (term airwaves); thus often "radio" or "frequency". ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Airwave

1. the medium of radio and television transmission [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Airwave

airthing
airths
airtight
airtightly
airtightness
airtightnesses
airtime
airtimes
airting
airtrapping
airts
airwall
airwalls
airward
airwards
airwave (current term)
airwaves
airway
airway obstruction
airway pattern
airway resistance
airwaybill
airwaybills
airways
airwise
airwoman
airwomen
airworthier
airworthiest
airworthiness

Literary usage of Airwave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"The latter occurred in 1883, and it will be remembered that the airwave started by the explosion was felt around the globe, and that, probably owing to the ..."

2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1879)
"Notwithstanding the brilliant conjectures of the last tew years which assign different acoustic end-organs to different rates of airwave, we are still ..."

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