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continuous wave
[ kuhn-tin-yoo-uhs weyv ]
noun
, Telecommunications.
- an electromagnetic wave of constant amplitude and frequency: used to carry information by being modulated, as in radio or television, or by being interrupted as in radiotelegraphy. : CW
adjective
- Also continuous-wave. noting a machine or device that functions through a constant and controlled output of waves, as of light from a laser, sound from an ultrasound, or radio energy from radar. : CW
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Word History and Origins
Origin of continuous wave1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
But somebody somewhere is sending a continuous wave, at a meter length, too, that is practically never used.
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A mysterious radio station, hidden away, that sends a continuous wave on a hitherto unused wave length.
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This method of receiving continuous wave signals is called the “heterodyne” method.
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