Waveband

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.

    "Since stomiids are sensitive to the far-red bioluminescence produced by their suborbital photophores, which other animals in the deepsea cannot sea, they have what could be regarded as a private waveband."

  2. 2
    a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) wordnet

Synonyms

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frequency bandfrequency band

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"Since stomiids are sensitive to the far-red bioluminescence produced by their suborbital photophores, which other animals in the deepsea cannot sea, they have what could be regarded as a private waveband."

Etymology

From wave + band.

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