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mi'crowave ov"en




an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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