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Meaning of "airwave" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIRWAVE

airwave  [ˈɛəˌweɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIRWAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Airwave is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIRWAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of airwave in the English dictionary

The definition of airwave in the dictionary is a channel for broadcasting radio or television signals.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AIRWAVE


awave
əˈweɪv
brainwave
ˈbreɪnˌweɪv
crimewave
ˈkraɪmˌweɪv
long-wave
ˈlɒŋˌweɪv
medium-wave
ˈmiːdɪəmˌweɪv
microwave
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌweɪv
picowave
ˈpiːkəʊˌweɪv
short-wave
ˈʃɔːtweɪv
superwave
ˈsuːpərˌweɪv
tidewave
ˈtaɪdˌweɪv
waive
weɪv
wave
weɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIRWAVE

airspeed indicator
airstop
airstream
airstrip
airt
airth
airtight
airtightness
airtime
airtsy-mairtsy
airward
airwards
airwaves
airway
airwise
airwoman
airworthiness
airworthy
airy
airy-fairy

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIRWAVE

carrier wave
complex wave
electromagnetic wave
finger wave
gravitational wave
gravity wave
heat wave
long wave
medium wave
new wave
permanent wave
radio wave
shock wave
short wave
sine wave
sky wave
sound wave
square wave
surface acoustic wave
tidal wave

Synonyms and antonyms of airwave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «airwave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIRWAVE

Find out the translation of airwave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of airwave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «airwave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无线电波
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

airwave
570 millions of speakers

English

airwave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Airwave
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموجات الهوائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Airwave
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

airwave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

airwave
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

airwave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gelombang udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Airwave
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

放送電波
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공중파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Airwave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

AirWave
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Airwave
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायुवाद्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

airwave
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Airwave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Airwave
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Airwave
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Airwave
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

airwave
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Airwave
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

airwave
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

airwave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of airwave

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIRWAVE»

The term «airwave» is regularly used and occupies the 56.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIRWAVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about airwave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIRWAVE»

Discover the use of airwave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to airwave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Near-surface Geophysics
A second reason that these features can be identified as airwave events is the slope of hyperbolic tails. These events have an airwave slope which indicates that the source of the signal is in the air. To address airwave problems, operators  ...
Dwain K. Butler, 2005
2
Policing in the 21st Century: Seventh Report of Session ...
APPENDIX 17 Memorandum submitted by Airwave Solutions Limited 1. Further to the House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs' announcement of its new inquiry into policing in the 21st century, I write to offer a submission from ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Commons. Home, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee, 2008
3
Wi-Fi/WLAN Monthly Newsletter March 2010
Improvements to open architecture: XML API eases integration between AirWave 7 and the rest of the IT operations infrastructure. The use of open standards makes valuable Air- Wave data accessible to virtually any application developer  ...
Hui Pan, Editor
4
Geophysics Today: A Survey of the Field as the Journal ...
This “airwave” is a consequence of the lack of attenuation in the atmosphere, with only geometric spreading reducing the signal strength with distance. This can be seen in the slight inflection followed by shallowing of the horizontal fields in ...
Edited by the Editors of Geophysics, 2010
5
Countering Terrorism: Dimensions of Preparedness
For the next 19 years, BT's TETRA-based Airwave network will provide the communications backbone not just for the police forces. Under the contract's terms, other public safety organizations may contract with BT and use the network .
Arnold M. Howitt, Robyn L. Pangi, 2003
6
Honda Airwave
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Honda Airwave is a subcompact car produced by the Japanese automaker Honda since 2005.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
7
Terrorism and the Olympics: Major Event Security and Lessons ...
munications within and between the emergency and other responding services in the initial stages following an incident.35 Airwave is a digital trunked radio service for police and other emergency services in England, Scotland and Wales  ...
Anthony Richards, Pete Fussey, Andrew Silke, 2010
8
Transport security: travelling without fear, oral and ...
Deputy Chief Constable Trotter: We currently have two radio systems, Airwave, which is a national system which works throughout the country, and we have a specific, bespoke underground radio system which works perfectly well, but, until  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, 2008
9
The Fire and Rescue Service: Session 2005-06
02 Airwave Ltd has very recently been announced as the preferred supplier against the Firelink contract, Airwave is a resilient national digital radio communications network dedicated to the emergency services and other authorised public ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee, 2006
10
ICGS3 2009
The 02 airwave network was originally rolled out to the police forces in the UK, and in March 2005 this process was completed. Allowing all the police forces in the UK to move from their outdated analogue radio systems, which were generally ...
Hamid Jahankhani, A. G. Hessami, Feng Hsu, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIRWAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term airwave is used in the context of the following news items.
1
7/7 bombings anniversary: Ten years after the terror attacks, is …
We also worked with the Home Office and the emergency services to ensure that their radios, by deploying something called Airwave, work on ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
FCC Chairman Wheeler bullish on broadband future and net …
... one of the most highly anticipated of which is the incentive auction of broadcast television airwave spectrum which is currently scheduled for ... «IPWatchdog.com, Jun 15»
3
T-Mobile's big PR blitz is backfiring in Washington
You may not have heard of the airwave auction. But it will shape the future of the nation's cellular industry, and it has all of America's wireless ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
4
Faster broadband speeds on the way for North Yorkshire, PM pledges
A provider called Airwave – which is “testing new technology in the Upper Dales” – could cut the frustration caused by a lack of fast connections ... «The Northern Echo, Jun 15»
5
German Airwave Auction Raises $5.7 Billion to Top 2010 Sale
Germany's government raised more than 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) from an auction of mobile-phone frequencies, exceeding the proceeds ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
6
Joonas Hahmo & K-System - Ocean Drive (Original Mix) [Hahmo]
It's safe to say A Touch Of Grace has a touch of something rather special about it, so get your copy here, and check out Airwave's June LCD ... «LessThan3, Jun 15»
7
German Airwave Bids Reach $5 Billion to Exceed 2010 Auction
Deutsche Telekom AG, Vodafone Group Plc and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG bid a total of 4.52 billion euros ($5.1 billion) for German ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
8
Singapore pulls plug on 2G mobile networks, to reuse airwaves for …
From April 2017, all 2G voice and messaging services will end in Singapore as the airwave-starved island moves to reuse existing 2G airwaves ... «The Straits Times, Jun 15»
9
999 Comms Firm Airwave In Secret Sale Talks
Sky News has learnt that Airwave, which was bought in 2007 for £1.9bn by two infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie, the Australian bank ... «Sky News, Jun 15»
10
PRESS DIGEST- British Business - June 12
Airwave, which was bought in 2007 for 1.9 bln stg by two infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie Group Ltd, the Australian bank, has been ... «Reuters, Jun 15»

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