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Microwave   /mˈaɪkrəwˌeɪv/   Listen
Microwave

noun
1.
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.
2.
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
1.
Cook or heat in a microwave oven.  Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap.



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... 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.



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