A radio wave that travels close to the earth's surface rather than bouncing off the atmosphere.
From ground + wave. Radio/telecommunications term from the 20th century describing wave propagation methods.
Groundwaves are why AM radio stations can be heard far away at night but not as far during the day—atmospheric conditions change how the earth redirects radio waves, a phenomenon that baffled early radio engineers.
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