Usually means: Radio waves with higher frequencies.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word short wave:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. short wave: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. short wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. short-wave, short wave: Collins English Dictionary
  4. short wave: Vocabulary.com
  5. short-wave: Wordnik
  6. short wave: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. short-wave, short wave: Wiktionary
  8. short-wave, short wave: Dictionary.com
  9. short-wave: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Short Wave (band), Short wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. short wave: Rhymezone
  12. short wave: FreeDictionary.org
  13. short wave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. short-wave, short wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Short-wave, short wave: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Weather Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See short_waves as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Short wave)

noun:  Alternative spelling of shortwave [(physics) An electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between approximately 10 and 100 meters, corresponding to frequencies between 3 and 30 MHz.]

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