MICROWAVE
- An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength in the range 0.001รป0.3 m, shorter than that of a normal radio wave but longer than those of infrared radiation. Microwaves are used in radar, in communications, and for heating in microwave ovens and in various industrial processes
- in radio communication, a wave having a very short wavelength [n -S] / to cook by microwave [v MICROWAVED, MICROWAVING, MICROWAVES]