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Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter.
Microwave or Microwaves may also refer to:
- Microwave oven or simply "microwave", a kitchen appliance that cooks or heats food by dielectric heating
- Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR), a form of electromagnetic radiation that fills the universe
- Microwave chemistry, the science of applying microwave irradiation to chemical reactions
- Microwave landing system (MLS), an all-weather, precision aircraft landing system
- Microwave spectroscopy, studies the absorption and emission of microwave electromagnetic radiation
- Microwave transmission, the technology of transmitting information using microwaves by employing various electronic technologies
- "The Microwave", nickname of former NBA basketball player Vinnie Johnson
- Microwave (band), American band
Usage examples of "microwaves".
Soviets began using microwaves and satellite communications rather than high-frequency signals and buried cables.
Thus, if NSA could set up its own receiver in space, at the point where those microwaves passed, they would essentially be tapping into tens of thousands of telephone calls, data transmissions, and telemetry signals.
This was the time when microwave ovens were still a relatively recent invention, when the microwaves actually continued to be generated even when the door was open, thus making it possible for teenage wage slaves to contract bone cancer while at the same time failing to heat up the food.
They had everything from microwaves and doughnut machines to Bart Simpson videos screening twenty four hours a day.