medium wave; medium frequency; MF
Technical term for radio waves in the medium frequency band (300 kHz–3 MHz), commonly used in AM broadcasting.
Medium wave broadcasts can sometimes reach far distances at night.
This radio can receive both medium wave and FM.
短波 and 中波 are easily confused because both are wavelength-band terms ending in 波, but 中波 covers the middle-length band used for standard AM broadcasting, distinct from the shorter 短波 band.
medium wave
Compound of 中 (middle) and 波 (wave), directly translating the English term 'medium wave'.