lobe
4
7.9
- noun
- /loʊb/
- Specialized
:
lóbulo
- The sonar system detects underwater objects by analyzing the sound waves reflected from their lobes.
- radio lobes
- temporal lobe
- east lobe
Examples
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What has happened is that energy has shifted from the central or zero order to higher-order side lobes.
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During darkness, the visual association areas of the brain, specifically the occipital and temporal lobes, become supersensitive during visual deprivation.
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Visible light from a bright spot in the southern lobe (toward the bottom of the image) was used as the guide star.
Academic text (1994) -
The upper left and the bottom lobes extend more than a light-year from the star.
Academic text (1992) -
The result is a field that has two lobes of opposite polarity on opposite sides of the comet.
Academic text (1992) -
Venerated high above any muscle in the body was the frontal cerebral lobe.
Fiction book (1994) -
The way the density changes in the lobes suggests that they formed as a result of a high-velocity wind from the protostar.
Academic text (1992) -
In radio technology, a high-gain antenna is designed to focus its signals into a narrow lobe to improve reception.
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The engineer demonstrated how the antenna's lobes helped direct the signal toward the satellite.
Synonyms
Main direction an antenna sends or receives its strongest signal
Compounds
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4.8
Part of the brain at the front that controls movement you choose and thinking
- Specialized
6
7.0
A part of the brain that helps you feel touch and temperature and know where your body is
- Specialized
2
5.9
A brain condition that causes repeated seizures in the side of the brain, often with memory loss and strange movements
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1
4.0
A large part of a lung, with three on the right and two on the left
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1
5.3
The front part of the brain that helps with thinking and making decisions
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A fish with thick, fleshy fins that look like small limbs, including living and fossil kinds
How Strong
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7.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lobe comes from Latin lobus and Greek lobos, meaning a 'rounded part' or 'pod'. That's why engineers call a bulge in an antenna's signal pattern a 'lobe' — it is a rounded area where the signal is strongest.