A microwave oven is activated when an electric current causes a magnetron to emit a beam of microwaves. The beam is distributed throughout the unit by a rotating reflector. The microwaves agitate water molecules in the food, generating enough heat to cook it.
An antique (Latin: antiquus; old, ancient) is an old collectable item. It is collected or desirable because of its age, beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features. It is an object that represents a previous era or time period in human society. It is common practice to define antique as applying to objects at least 100 years old, Antiques are usually objects that show some degree of craftsmanshipâor a certain attention to design, such as a desk or an early automobile.
Classics are usually considered to be before 1975 or at least 25 years old depending on the specific case. However, a collector car can be as new as a year old. To be a collector car a car just must be a car that would be collected, usually for its rarity. mygymtaxessexatmygym Â· 9 years ago.