radiation pattern

radiation pattern

n (Electronics) the graphic representation of the strength and direction of electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of a transmitting aerial. Also called: antenna pattern

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radiation pattern - graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angleradiation diagram, patterngraph, graphical record - a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axeslobe - the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern