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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

shortwave

Part of Speechnoun

An electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between approximately 10 and 100 meters, corresponding to frequencies between 3 and 30 MHz.

In a Sentence

“Shortwaves are longer than microwaves.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

radio shortwaveradiation shortwavediathermy shortwavebroadcasts shortwaveradios shortwave. shortwaveshortwave incoming
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Synonyms

HFhigh frequencydecameter wave

Antonyms

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Related Words

short-wavewavediathermysurgesmediumwavesubwavelengthdecametricmicrogenic

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