ultrawave
ultrawave noun: a type of radiation, often described as allowing for faster-than-light communication.
Noun
ultrawave (plural ultrawaves)
- A type of radiation, often described as allowing for faster-than-light communication.
- There were short intervals between the reports, for ultrawaves, though traveling at the speed of light, still needed some time to span the tremendous distance.1969, K[arl] H[erbert] Scheer, Walter Ernsting, translated by Wendayne Ackerman, Enterprise Stardust, London: Severn House, published 1977, →ISBN, page 28
- A device capable of receiving or producing ultrawaves.
- Of course, the radio signals came through on the ultrawave every so often, but the pep-talk description of the thrilling contest for endurance racing didn't mean much when I put it up against the facts.1975, Lester del Rey, “Habit”, in Early Del Rey, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 41
Forms of ultrawave
| plural | ultrawaves |
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Origin of ultrawave
From ultra- + wave.
Questions about ultrawave
- What does ultrawave mean?
- Ultrawave means a type of radiation, often described as allowing for faster-than-light communication.
- What part of speech is ultrawave?
- Ultrawave is a noun.
- What is the plural of ultrawave?
- The plural of ultrawave is ultrawaves.
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