"Yagi-Uda antenna" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Yagi-Uda antennas [plural]
Etymology: Named after Japanese engineers Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro Uda. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Yagi-Uda antenna}} Yagi-Uda antenna (plural Yagi-Uda antennas)
  1. (radio) A type of directional antenna with one driven element and one or more parasitic elements; a directional radio or TV antenna consisting of two or more dipoles in the same plane with all dipoles parallel to each other. Wikipedia link: Hidetsugu Yagi, Shintaro Uda, Yagi-Uda antenna Categories (topical): Radio Synonyms: Yagi antenna, yagi Translations (type of directional antenna): 八木天線 (Chinese Mandarin), 八木天线 (Bāmù tiānxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Yagi-Uda-antenne [feminine] (Dutch), Yagi-antenne [feminine] (Dutch), antena Yagi [feminine] (Polish), antena Yagi-Uda [feminine] (Polish)

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