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極超短波 (ごくちょうたんぱ) 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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noun

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.

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

Kanji

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

Similar 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.

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'.