Physics GCSE
Communication and medicine
What Communication and medicine means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Communication and medicine
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain Communication and medicine in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: OCR
Uses including television and radio broadcasts, mobile phone signals, satellite and phone communications, medical imaging of bones and treating cancer.
Topics that use Communication and medicine
- The electromagnetic spectrum (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Detection by instruments
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Energy transfer by waves
- Fixed speed of electromagnetic waves
- Frequency matching between wave and circuit
- gamma ray
- High-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum
- Induction of oscillations by radio waves
Using Communication and medicine in the exam
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