broadband

1. 1
   noununcountable

   A fast, always-on internet connection that uses phone or cable lines.

   Like a wide, always-open road that lets lots of cars through at once.

   We finally got broadband at home, so videos load quickly now.

   The new broadband plan gives our family much faster downloads.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Using or carrying a wide range of radio or electromagnetic frequencies.

   Like a net wide enough to catch many sizes of fish at once.

   The antenna picks up a broadband signal across many channels at once.

   Engineers built a broadband filter to handle the wide frequency range.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A wide range of radio or electromagnetic frequencies grouped together.

   Like a wide highway with room for many lanes of traffic at once.

   The new system spreads its signal across broadband instead of one channel.

   Scientists studied the broadband given off by the distant star.

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