dipole
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈdaɪpoʊl/
- Specialized
- The engineer installed a dipole antenna on the roof to improve the radio signal reception.
- dipole antenna
Examples
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The discovery had been made at a sprawling radio telescope—more than 2,000 dipole antennas lined up like rows of corn—near Cambridge University in Great Britain.
Academic text (2001) -
And then the tuned signal goes into the half-wave folded dipole antenna out in the backyard where it is radiated into space.
Fiction book (1995) -
And this is how the pile of dipole antenna looks like for the MWA that we are members of.
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But many other types of antenna do exist, such as the Yagi or television-style antenna, horn antenna, and dipole antenna.
Academic text (1996) -
A folded dipole antenna hung between these masts, suspended on pulleys.
Fiction book (1995) -
Available from radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov, the Radio JOVE Kit consists of a receiver, which is designed to receive at 20.1 MHz, and a set of phased dipole antennas.
Academic text (2004) -
The inset shows a prototype tripole antenna made of three orthogonal half-wavelength dipoles. (Adapted from ref. 12.)
Academic text (2001) -
Two metal rods are used to create a dipole that effectively captures radio waves.
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The experimental setup included several dipole antennas aligned to optimize signal transmission.
Synonyms
1
7.4
An antenna with two metal rods placed in a straight line with a connection in the middle
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.1
A measure of how far positive and negative charges are separated in a molecule
- Specialized
1
6.3
An object with two opposite poles, like a bar magnet, that makes a force around it
- Specialized
1
7.4
A molecule with one end always positive and the other always negative
- Specialized
1
8.4
A number that shows how strongly and which way something acts like a tiny magnet
- Specialized
1
7.4
An antenna with two metal rods placed in a straight line with a connection in the middle
- Specialized
1
7.7
Amount that shows how far positive and negative electric charges are separated, equal to charge size times distance
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dipole comes from the parts di- 'two' and pole 'rod' or 'end'. So a dipole antenna is literally 'two poles' and is made of two equal rods joined at the middle to send or receive radio waves.