RADIO SIGNAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio signal mean? 

• RADIO SIGNAL (noun)
  The noun RADIO SIGNAL has 1 sense:

1. a radio wave used to transmit and receive messages

  Familiarity information: RADIO SIGNAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO SIGNAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A radio wave used to transmit and receive messages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("radio signal" is a kind of...):

radio emission; radio radiation; radio wave (an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m)

 Context examples 

This finding allowed astronomers to analyse the radio signal for clues about the nature of the halo gas.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)

A small wireless radio receiver designed to be carried by a person, to give an indication when activated by the reception of a radio signal containing its specific code, and to display a short messages in a text-only format.

(Pager, NCI Thesaurus)

The short duration of the pulses puts an upper limit on the density of the halo gas because passage through a denser medium would broaden the duration of the radio signal.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)