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short-wave

[ˈʃɔːtˌweɪv] ADJ (Rad) → de onda corta
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short-wave

[ˈʃɔːtˌweɪv] adj (radio) → a onde corte
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Applications of the new system include the development of a compact laser particle accelerator for the generation of short-wave x-rays, which could be used for high spatial and temporal resolution microscopy for material and medical research.
He explained that later, the network will be converted when construction works completed to the fiber-optic network that will be installed in the region, which will provide high levels of quality while the short-wave system will turn to the reserve system to be used for emergency.
Poland's government soon proclaimed that "the building of Socialism proceeds more lightly and more rhythmically to the accompaniment of jazz," though Communist authorities elsewhere continued to classify jazz as the music of degeneracy and "hooliganism." By the time the short-wave dust had settled, however, Radio Moscow would be programming jazz by Russian musicians in an effort to make itself sound more hip to its own foreign audience.
The forcing data needed in the WRF model, including wind field, surface air temperature, long-wave radiation, and short-wave radiation, are derived from the dataset of the fifth phase of the Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) which will be mostly relied on by the upcoming IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).
He went up into the attic and found his cousin's short-wave radio station, and knowing nothing about the protocols and etiquette of amateur broadcasting, he turned on the set, picked up the hand-held microphone and began to ask, 'Is anybody there?' ' A distorted American female voice responded and mentioned codes that were unintelligible to Doug.
From short-wave to FM to satellite transmission -- radio connects people wherever they are.
"As advance notice of strange events to come, short-wave police-calls with a maximum range usually of a mere fifty miles are being readily heard across the Atlantic."
The MiniMax lamps are available in three models: UV-5A for long-wave UV (365 nano-meters), UV-5F for short-wave UV (254 nano-meters) and UV-5NF for a combination of both long- and short-wave UV emissions.
RAYTEK has added two short-wave spectral models to its MI3 range for non-contact temperature measurement.
A downstream shock channel ensures prevulcanization of the profile by means of short-wave infrared radiation.
TMS provides the only full ball-by-ball cricket coverage on radio, and is not on short-wave because a five-day match can fill 45 hours of airtime and dominating schedules.