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directivity

noun

Etymology

From directive + -ity.

  1. borrowed from directive
  2. derived from directif
  3. suffixed as directivity — “directive + ity”

Definitions

  1. A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic antenna

    A measure of the performance of an antenna compared to an isotropic antenna; the ratio of the maximum value of radiation intensity to the average radiation intensity.

  2. Anisotropy in the propagation of earthquake waves in the direction of rupture.

  3. Directionality

    • First we renounced the directivity of the velocity measurement by using a hot point whose size is of order of the wire diameter [4]. Numerical simulations have shown that the probe then measures the velocity modulus [5].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for directivity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA