feedhorn

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noun

A horn antenna used to convey electromagnetic waves between the transceiver and the reflector.

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Meanings

nounfeedhorn (plural feedhorns)

plural feedhorns · alternative feed horn · alternative feed-horn

  1. A horn antenna used to convey electromagnetic waves between the transceiver and the reflector.

    The two types of polarization—linear polarization and circular—are each further subdivided and determine how the signall is transmitted (and received) from the feedhorn.

    2007, Jonathan Higgins, chapter 2, in Satellite Newsgathering, →ISBN, page 86

Origin

From feed + horn.

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