Microwave
noun
A device used for heating food quickly using a type of electromagnetic wave.
I cooked my lunch in the microwave.
Often appears as...
- use a microwave
- microwave oven
noun
A type of electromagnetic wave that is used for telecommunication and heating food.
Microwaves are used for wireless communication.
Often appears as...
- transmit microwaves
- emit microwaves
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Heat (food) by using a microwave.
I had to microwave my coffee because it got cold.
Often appears as...
- microwave food
- microwave a meal
noun
A device used for heating food quickly using a type of electromagnetic wave.
I cooked my lunch in the microwave.
Often appears as...
- use a microwave
- microwave oven
noun
A type of electromagnetic wave that is used for telecommunication and heating food.
Microwaves are used for wireless communication.
Often appears as...
- transmit microwaves
- emit microwaves
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Heat (food) by using a microwave.
I had to microwave my coffee because it got cold.
Often appears as...
- microwave food
- microwave a meal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic appliance
Microwaves are commonly found in homes and are viewed as essential modern kitchen appliances.
Can you put the leftovers in the microwave to heat them up?
Pro Tip 2/3Quick heating
Using 'microwave' highlights the speed and convenience of heating, suggesting it's faster than traditional methods.
I'll just microwave these vegetables instead of steaming them.
Pro Tip 3/3Microwaveable material
Not all materials are safe to use in a microwave, often food packaging specifies if it's microwave safe.
Check if the container is microwave-safe before using it.
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic appliance
Microwaves are commonly found in homes and are viewed as essential modern kitchen appliances.
Can you put the leftovers in the microwave to heat them up?
Pro Tip 2/3Quick heating
Using 'microwave' highlights the speed and convenience of heating, suggesting it's faster than traditional methods.
I'll just microwave these vegetables instead of steaming them.
Pro Tip 3/3Microwaveable material
Not all materials are safe to use in a microwave, often food packaging specifies if it's microwave safe.
Check if the container is microwave-safe before using it.
Pro Tip 1/3Domestic appliance
Microwaves are commonly found in homes and are viewed as essential modern kitchen appliances.
Can you put the leftovers in the microwave to heat them up?
Pro Tip 2/3Quick heating
Using 'microwave' highlights the speed and convenience of heating, suggesting it's faster than traditional methods.
I'll just microwave these vegetables instead of steaming them.
Pro Tip 3/3Microwaveable material
Not all materials are safe to use in a microwave, often food packaging specifies if it's microwave safe.
Check if the container is microwave-safe before using it.
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What is the universe...
and neighboring branes may even share certain fundamental forces like gravity. Both eternal inflation and branes describe a multiverse, but while universes in eternal inflation are isolated, brane universes could bump into each other. An echo of such a collision may appear in the cosmic microwave background
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Is the world getting...
Today, they work fewer than 40. Thanks to the universal penetration of running water and electricity in the developed world and the widespread adoption of washing machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and microwaves, the amount of our lives that we forfeit to housework
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Is our universe the only...
cosmology evolves so from that perspective maybe we will always be asking questions and never be able to fully answer them on the other hand we now can understand how old the universe is we can understand how to understand the data from the microwave background radiation that was
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Will we ever be able to...
we need a digital message to help interpret the qubit at the receiving end. Two bits of data created by measuring the first particle. These digital bits must be transmitted by a classical channel that's limited by the speed of light, radio, microwaves, or perhaps fiberoptics.
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Why is our universe...
So from that perspective, maybe we will always be asking questions and never be able to fully answer them. On the other hand, we now can understand how old the universe is. We can understand how to understand the data from the microwave background radiation
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How quantum mechanics...
The light that our eyes can see, including all of the colors of the rainbow, is just a small part of the larger spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, which includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays.
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Uncovering Jupiter's...
the clouds of Jupiter. What Juno's found that there's a second form of lightning at Jupiter. This is the signal from the microwave radiometer, and it's measuring the heat of the planet, and every now and then we get a spike – bam!
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How electromagnetic...
electromagnetic spectrum every day in so many ways and here you can see the electromagnetic spectrum and so you can see things that you're familiar with radio waves microwaves ultraviolet infrared visible light these are all
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Electromagnetism 101 PIPE...
On one end are long, low-frequency radio waves that broadcast television and radio signals, microwaves that carry telephone signals and cook food, and infrared waves emitted by fires. On the other are short, high-frequency
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Questioning the universe...
Moreover, we can calculate a probability that the universe was created in different states. These predictions are in excellent agreement with observations by the WMAP satellite of the cosmic microwave background,
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What is the universe...
and neighboring branes may even share certain fundamental forces like gravity. Both eternal inflation and branes describe a multiverse, but while universes in eternal inflation are isolated, brane universes could bump into each other. An echo of such a collision may appear in the cosmic microwave background
Video examples
Is the world getting...
Today, they work fewer than 40. Thanks to the universal penetration of running water and electricity in the developed world and the widespread adoption of washing machines, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and microwaves, the amount of our lives that we forfeit to housework
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
cosmology evolves so from that perspective maybe we will always be asking questions and never be able to fully answer them on the other hand we now can understand how old the universe is we can understand how to understand the data from the microwave background radiation that was
Video examples
Will we ever be able to...
we need a digital message to help interpret the qubit at the receiving end. Two bits of data created by measuring the first particle. These digital bits must be transmitted by a classical channel that's limited by the speed of light, radio, microwaves, or perhaps fiberoptics.
Video examples
Why is our universe...
So from that perspective, maybe we will always be asking questions and never be able to fully answer them. On the other hand, we now can understand how old the universe is. We can understand how to understand the data from the microwave background radiation
Video examples
How quantum mechanics...
The light that our eyes can see, including all of the colors of the rainbow, is just a small part of the larger spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, which includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays.
Video examples
Uncovering Jupiter's...
the clouds of Jupiter. What Juno's found that there's a second form of lightning at Jupiter. This is the signal from the microwave radiometer, and it's measuring the heat of the planet, and every now and then we get a spike – bam!
Video examples
How electromagnetic...
electromagnetic spectrum every day in so many ways and here you can see the electromagnetic spectrum and so you can see things that you're familiar with radio waves microwaves ultraviolet infrared visible light these are all
Video examples
Electromagnetism 101 PIPE...
On one end are long, low-frequency radio waves that broadcast television and radio signals, microwaves that carry telephone signals and cook food, and infrared waves emitted by fires. On the other are short, high-frequency
Video examples
Questioning the universe...
Moreover, we can calculate a probability that the universe was created in different states. These predictions are in excellent agreement with observations by the WMAP satellite of the cosmic microwave background,
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Laura Esquivel
Mexican Author
Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory.
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Arlie Russell Hochschild
American Educator
We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the illusion of getting somewhere - and they foster a chain of constant activity. We're really just squeezing extra activity into every minute that we gain.
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Vic Reeves
You never, ever leave art school. It's important to keep finding inspiration. I look at YouTube videos and think, 'How would I do that?' I like experimenting with things. For instance, drying paintings off too quickly in a microwave can look strangely beautiful.
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Carson Kressley
American Celebrity
Friends think your life is so glamorous, and it is. But there are times when, instead of going to a glamorous party, I would rather just come home from work, pop in a DVD and eat some microwave popcorn with a cutie on the sofa.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.
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Young Jeezy
American Musician
I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you've got something. Nobody's putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.
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Sheena Easton
Scottish Musician
I have the life of Riley. I take my kids to school, do a bit of work in the afternoon, pick my kids up, microwave a meal, hang out with my kids, and work for a couple of hours.
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Mark Hyman
American Author
Most schools have only a microwave or deep fryer, hardly the tools needed to feed our children real, fresh food.
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Limahl
English Musician
I cannot cook to save my life - I microwave everything or it's simply scrambled eggs on toast.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
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Laura Esquivel
Mexican Author
Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life. When recipes are put together, the kitchen is a chemical laboratory involving air, fire, water and the earth. This is what gives value to humans and elevates their spiritual qualities. If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory.
Quote examples
Arlie Russell Hochschild
American Educator
We think we're saving time with microwaves, cell phones, beepers, computers and voice mail, but often these things help us create the illusion of getting somewhere - and they foster a chain of constant activity. We're really just squeezing extra activity into every minute that we gain.
Quote examples
Vic Reeves
You never, ever leave art school. It's important to keep finding inspiration. I look at YouTube videos and think, 'How would I do that?' I like experimenting with things. For instance, drying paintings off too quickly in a microwave can look strangely beautiful.
Quote examples
Carson Kressley
American Celebrity
Friends think your life is so glamorous, and it is. But there are times when, instead of going to a glamorous party, I would rather just come home from work, pop in a DVD and eat some microwave popcorn with a cutie on the sofa.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.
Quote examples
Young Jeezy
American Musician
I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you've got something. Nobody's putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.
Quote examples
Sheena Easton
Scottish Musician
I have the life of Riley. I take my kids to school, do a bit of work in the afternoon, pick my kids up, microwave a meal, hang out with my kids, and work for a couple of hours.
Quote examples
Mark Hyman
American Author
Most schools have only a microwave or deep fryer, hardly the tools needed to feed our children real, fresh food.
Quote examples
Limahl
English Musician
I cannot cook to save my life - I microwave everything or it's simply scrambled eggs on toast.
Quote examples
Steven Wright
American Comedian
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
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