RADIATION PATTERN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle

Synonyms:

pattern; radiation diagram; radiation pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("radiation pattern" is a kind of...):

graph; graphical record; graphical recording (a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes)

Meronyms (parts of "radiation pattern"):

lobe (the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern)

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