microwaving


microwaving

The subjecting of a material—typically understood to mean food—to energy at wavelengths from 1 mm to 1 metre at frequencies of 300 MHz to 300 GHz.
 
Public health
A method for treating medical waste to render it noninfectious to humans. The waste is shredded, moistened with steam and fed by a conveyor into a treatment chamber that heats it to ± 95º C.