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Microwave

noun

A short electromagnetic wave (longer than infrared but shorter than radio waves); used for radar and microwave ovens and for transmitting telephone, facsimile, video and data.

Kitchen appliance that cooks food by passing an electromagnetic wave through it; heat results from the absorption of energy by the water molecules in the food. Synonym: microwave oven.

verb

Cook or heat in a microwave oven. Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap.

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"Microwave" Quotes from Famous Books

... admitted. "It takes too much power and too tight a beam to get much intelligence over a distance that great from a moving ship. But the screamers are set up for emergency purposes. They're like flares, except that they operate on microwave frequencies instead ...

— Hanging by a Thread • Gordon Randall Garrett