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SKY WAVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radio wave that is reflected back to earth by the ionosphere or a communications satellite; permits transmission around the curve of the earth's surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sky wave" is a kind of...):
radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sky wave"):
ionospheric wave (a sky wave that is reflected by the ionosphere)
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