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Microwave

noun

A short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data.

Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food. Synonym: microwave oven.

verb

Cook or heat in a microwave oven. Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap.

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"Microwave" Quotes from Famous Books

... limited telephone and telegraph service; in 1997, telecommunications links were established between Mazar-e Sharif, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, and Kabul through satellite and microwave systems international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); commercial ...

— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... admitted. "It takes too much power and too tight a beam to get much intelligence over a distance that great from a moving ship. But the screamers are set up for emergency purposes. They're like flares, except that they operate on microwave frequencies instead ...

— Hanging by a Thread • Gordon Randall Garrett

... digital microwave network; international landline circuits to France and Spain; stations—1 AM, no ...

— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.