waveband

English

Etymology

From wave +‎ band.

Noun

waveband (plural wavebands)

1. (physics) A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio.
   • 2013, Friedrich G. Barth, Ecology of Sensing:

     Since stomiids are sensitive to the far-red bioluminescence produced by their suborbital photophores, which other animals in the deepsea cannot sea, they have what could be regarded as a private waveband.

Translations

range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies

• Bulgarian: честотна лента f (čestotna lenta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波段 (zh) (bōduàn)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: aaltoalue (fi), taajuusalue (fi)
• Hungarian: hullámsáv (hu)