millimetre wave
(US millimeter wave) Physics and Astronomy
noun
A radio wave having a wavelength between 1 and 10 mm (corresponding to a frequency between 30 and 300 GHz); chiefly attributive, designating equipment or techniques which use or measure these waves.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Science News.
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