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極超短波 (gokuchoutanpa) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

極ごく超ちょう短たん波ぱ

also: きょくちょうたんぱ

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Meanings

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ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves

Technical term in radio engineering; refers to electromagnetic waves in the UHF band (300 MHz to 3 GHz).

極ごく超ちょう短たん波ぱはテレビ放ほう送そうや携けい帯たい電でん話わに使つかわれている

。

Ultrahigh frequency waves are used for television broadcasting and mobile phones.

Kanji

極extreme, pole, extremely
超transcend, super-, ultra-
短short, brevity, fault
波waves, billows, Poland

Related words

超ちょう短たん波ぱ
Refers to VHF (very high frequency), a lower frequency band than UHF.
マイクロ波は
Microwaves; a higher frequency range above UHF, used in radar and microwave ovens.

Built from

ごく+超ちょう短たん波ぱ

Written forms

極超短波
- ごくちょうたんぱ
  Standard kanji spelling for this technical term.
- きょくちょうたんぱ
  Alternate reading; ごくちょうたんぱ is more common.
きょくちょうたんぱ

Etymology

Compound of 極 (extreme), 超 (super), and 短波 (short wave), literally 'extreme ultrashort wave'. The term is a direct translation of the English 'ultrahigh frequency'.