"spot beam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spot beams [plural], spotbeam [alternative]
Etymology: From spot + beam. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spot|beam}} spot + beam Head templates: {{en-noun}} spot beam (plural spot beams)
  1. (telecommunications) A satellite signal that is specially concentrated in power (i.e. sent by a high-gain antenna) so that it will cover only a limited geographic area on Earth. Wikipedia link: spot beam Categories (topical): Telecommunications

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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