shortwave
English
adj
Definitions
- (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of approximately 10 to 100 meters
- (of radio equipment) Capable of transmitting or receiving signals at such a wavelength.
Etymology
Compound from English short (brittle, of pastry) + English wave.
Origin
English
wave
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Shorty English
- Wavoid English
- airwave English
- antishort English
- autowave English
- awave English
- blastwave English
- blow-wave English
- brainwave English
- coldwave English
- counterwave English
- crimewave English
- eigenwave English
- groundwave English
- halfwave English
- handwave English
- heatwave English
- interwave English
- longitudinal wave English
- longwave English
- matterwave English
- mediumwave English
- megashort English
- microwave English
- midwave English
- multiwave English
- nonwave English
- quadriwave English
- sawtooth wave English
- short English
- short fetched English
- short-fetched English
- short-legged English
- short-lived English
- short-tailed hawk English
- shortage English
- shortarse English
- shortboard English
- shortbow English
- shortbread English
- shortcake English
- shortchange English
- shortclothes English
- shortcode English
- shortcrust English
- shortcut English
- shorten English
- shortfall English
- shortfalling English
- shortfetched English
- shortfic English
- shortfin English
- shortform English
- shortgown English
- shortgrass English
- shorth English
- shorthair English
- shorthaired English
- shorthand English
- shorthanded English
- shorthead English
- shorthold English
- shorthorn English
- shortie English
- shortify English
- shortish English
- shortleaf English
- shortline English
- shortly English
- shortness English
- shortnose English
- shortsea English
- shortsheet English
- shortsome English
- shortstop English
- shortsword English
- shorttail English
- shortwall English
- shortward English
- shortwards English
- shortwing English
- shorty English
- skywave English
- soundwave English
- supershort English
- superwave English
- theta wave English
- timewave English
- transverse wave English
- triangle wave English
- ultrashort English
- ultrashortwave English
- wave English
- waveband English
- wavecut English
- wavefield English
- wavefolding English
- waveform English
- wavefront English
- waveful English
- wavefunction English
- waveguide English
- wavelength English
- waveless English
- wavelike English
- wavemaker English
- wavemeter English
- wavenumber English
- waveoff English
- waveplate English
- wavepulse English
- waveshape English
- waveshaper English
- waveshaping English
- wavespeed English
- wavest English
- wavetable English
- waveth English
- wavetop English
- wavy English
- μ-wave English
- μwave English
- shortata Finnish
- short Italian
- short French
- kort Swedish
- kortvåg Swedish
- våg Swedish
- ショート Japanese
- schort Middle English
- waven Middle English
- short Chinese
- 秀逗 Chinese
- sotpela Tok Pisin
- wave
- wavy
- awave
- μwave
- short
- Shorty
- shorth
- Wavoid
- waveth
- shorty
- wavest
- μ-wave
- shorten
- nonwave
- waveful
- shortly
- shortie
- wavecut
- wavetop
- airwave
- skywave
- midwave
- waveoff
- halfwave
- shortfic
- heatwave
- coldwave
- longwave
- shortage
- shortish
- handwave
- shortbow
- shortfin
- waveless
- timewave
- shortify
- wavelike
- autowave
- waveband
- shortcut
- waveform
- shortsea
- shortfall
- shortwall
- waveshape
- shortness
- antishort
- shorthold
- soundwave
- shortnose
- shortarse
- blastwave
- wavemaker
- shortsome
- wavefield
- waveplate
- wavespeed
- wavemeter
- megashort
- eigenwave
- brainwave
- shortward
- superwave
- shortcake
- microwave
- shorthair
- waveguide
- multiwave
- shortcode
- shortstop
- shortform
- shorttail
- wavepulse
- wavetable
- shortgown
- crimewave
- wavefront
- shorthorn
- shortwing
- blow-wave
- shorthead
- shorthand
- interwave
- shortleaf
- shortline
- shortbread
- shortsheet
- mediumwave
- matterwave
- wavelength
- quadriwave
- waveshaper
- shortwards
- shortboard
- supershort
- shortcrust
- shortgrass
- theta wave
- shortsword
- wavenumber
- groundwave
- ultrashort
- shortchange
- waveshaping
- shorthaired
- wavefolding
- short-lived
- shorthanded
- counterwave
- shortclothes
- shortfetched
- short-legged
- wavefunction
- shortfalling
- short fetched
- triangle wave
- sawtooth wave
- short-fetched
- ultrashortwave
- transverse wave
- short-tailed hawk
- longitudinal wave