Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being a radio wave of wavelength between one and ten decameters.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or measured using a
decameter /decametre ; especially ofelectromagnetic radiation having awavelength between one and ten decameters.
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Examples
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The most likely explanation was some intermittent natural process, perhaps resembling Jupiter's decametric sputtering.
Across The Sea Of Suns Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1984
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He could see the deep bands of equatorial emissions and had to tone down the decametric and kilometric radio roar coming from the flux tube itself.
Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981
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Looking ahead on the decametric radio bandwidths, he could see Io’s Jupiter-thick plasma torus and, at right angles to the torus, Io’s flux tube running like wide horns to Jupiter’s north and south poles.
Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981
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