Noun
an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
Source: WordNetHertz used the damped oscillating currents in a dipole antenna, triggered by a high-voltage electrical capacitive spark discharge, as his source of radio waves. Source: Internet
So a monopole mounted over an ideal ground plane has a radiation pattern identical to a dipole antenna. Source: Internet
In a dipole antenna both driven conductors must be that long, for a total dipole length of (2N+1)λ/2. Source: Internet