waveband

IPA/ˈweɪvbænd/
IPA/ˈweɪvbænd/

waveband — noun

  • wavebandsingular
  • wavebandsplural

1. A particular section of the radio frequency spectrum that groups together radio

1.名詞B2
釋義

A particular section of the radio frequency spectrum that groups together radio wavelengths of similar length, used for sending radio or television broadcasts.

例句

Zayd turned his old radio dial until he found a station on the long waveband.

on the + [type] + waveband

The sports programme is on both the FM waveband and the medium waveband every weekend.

on both the ... and the ... waveband

同義詞
  • band

    shorter and more common in everyday speech; 'FM band' and 'FM waveband' mean the same thing

  • frequency band

    more technical term used in engineering and official documents

  • spectrum band

    formal term used in telecommunications regulation

用法筆記

Commonly used with the specific bands long wave, medium wave, short wave, FM, and AM. The word waveband itself is often dropped in everyday speech — people say 'on FM' rather than 'on the FM waveband'.

常見錯誤

❌Switch the waveband channel to FM.
✅Switch the waveband to FM.
💡a waveband already describes a range of frequencies; adding channel is redundant.
❌The station broadcasts on waveband FM.
✅The station broadcasts on the FM waveband.
💡an article or determiner (the FM, the short wave) is normally used before the waveband name.