"Radio Waves" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between about 3 kilohertz (very low frequency - VLF) and 300,000 megahertz (extremely high frequency - EHF). They are used in television and radio broadcasting, land and satellite communications systems, radionavigation, radiolocation, and DIATHERMY. The highest frequency radio waves are MICROWAVES.
| Descriptor ID |
D011846
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.358.500.505.810 G01.750.250.810 G01.750.770.721
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| Concept/Terms |
Radio Waves- Radio Waves
- Radio Wave
- Wave, Radio
- Waves, Radio
- Hertzian Waves
- Waves, Hertzian
Short Waves- Short Waves
- Short Wave
- Wave, Short
- Waves, Short
High Frequency Waves- High Frequency Waves
- Frequency Wave, High
- Frequency Waves, High
- High Frequency Wave
- Wave, High Frequency
- Waves, High Frequency
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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