sky wave

1. 1.

   a radio wave that is reflected back to earth by the ionosphere or a communications satellite; permits transmission around the curve of the earth's surface

   Broaderradio wave

   Narrowerionospheric wave

Questions about sky wave

What does sky wave mean?

sky wave means "a radio wave that is reflected back to earth by the ionosphere or a communications satellite; permits transmission around the curve of the earth's surface".

Is sky wave a common word?

sky wave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.