Meaning Of The Word Microwave

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microwave
countable noun: A microwave or a microwave oven is an oven which cooks food very quickly by electromagnetic radiation rather than by heat.
verb: To microwave food or drink means to cook or heat it in a microwave oven.

microwave in American English
designating or of that part of the electromagnetic spectrum associated with the larger infrared waves and the shorter radio waves: used for radar, communications, etc. and generally regarded as from 300,000 to 300 megahertz
noun: an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm

microwave in British English
noun: electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range 0.3 to 0.001 metres: used in radar, cooking, etc

microwave in Electrical Engineering
noun: A microwave is a product of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from very short radio waves to almost infra-red region.

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