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Was the radio named after radio waves or were radio waves named after the radio?
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∙ 14y ago
Radio waves were discovered before the radio was invented.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they propagate from the broadcast tower in exactly the same way that the circular waves propagate outward from a pebble dropped in the water.
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Does mechinal waves have radio waves?
no, mechanical waves are not radio waves
How are electromagnetic waves different to radio waves?
Radio waves ARE electromagnetic waves.
What is a radio wave?
Radio waves are electromagnetic waves. The radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. A radio wave has a much longer wavelength than does visible light. We use radio waves extensively for communications.
Radio waves and cell pjones?
Radio waves and cell phones
Radio waves and useful of radio?
how are radio waves be used- well they are used by sound waves like as in u can hear sond waves but radio waves is where you are in the car and u are listening for instance capital fm that is radio waves Hope It Helped Hennddyyyy:) :D
Who was the unit for measuring radio waves named for?
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Does mechinal waves have radio waves?
no, mechanical waves are not radio waves
Are radio waves transverse waves or longitudinal waves?
Transverse. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves, which are transverse.
How are electromagnetic waves different to radio waves?
Radio waves ARE electromagnetic waves.
Are radar waves visible?
No. Radar waves are one category of radio waves. Think of all the radio waves that are all around you right now . . . AM radio, FM radio, police and fire radio, highway patrol radio, taxi radio, television picture and sound radio waves, cellphone radio waves, garage-door-opener radio waves, bluetooth radio waves, WiFi waves, microwaves ... and you can't see any of them ! Radar waves can easily be there in the group.
How are radio and television waves added to em radio waves?
by changing the amplitude or frequency of the radio waves.
What radio waves?
Radio waves are electromagnetic waves occurring on the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Are AM radio waves are an example of longitudinal waves?
No. Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic waves; electroctromagnetic waves are transverse waves.
Who invented the radio player?
If you're asking, who invented radio, an Italian inventor named Marconi is generally credited with the invention of radio around the end of the Nineteenth century.A radio is not a player, it is a device consisting of a transmitter, which changes sound waves into radio waves that can travel great distances. The second part of a radio is called a receiver. It receives the radio waves the transmitter sends out and converts them back to audible sound.
How are radio waves formed?
How are radio waves formed?
When was Radio Waves - radio station - created?
Radio Waves - radio station - was created in 2010.
How are radio waves and television signals added to EM radio waves?
by changing the amplitude or frequency of the radio waves.
