dipole antenna

Noun

Meaning

an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

doublet dipole antenna aerial dipoles directional antenna omnidirectional antenna Yagi antenna loop antenna horn antenna dipole aerial field antenna helical antenna patch antenna reflector antenna
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Hypernyms

antenna aerial transmitting aerial

Examples

Hertz 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

Close letter words and terms

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