BROADBAND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies

Example:

a broadband antenna

Synonyms:

broadband; wideband

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)