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Record 1 2023-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
DEF

A lobe of an antenna's far-field radiation pattern other than the main beam.

CONT

The side lobes or minor lobes are an unavoidable consequence of the finite size of the antenna. Though undesirable, they ordinarily contain much less power than the main lobe.

OBS

side lobe: designation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

OBS

side-lobe: designation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Émission et réception radio
DEF

Lobe du diagramme de rayonnement en champ lointain d'une antenne autre que le faisceau principal.

PHR

lobe latéral : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

OBS

lobe secondaire : désignation uniformisée par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI) et par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 [GTTR].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
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Record 2 1991-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Interference
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

Noise whose direct consequence is to diminish the signal to noise ratio: it manifests itself in the form of peaks surrounding the central correlation peak.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perturbations radio
  • Infographie

Spanish

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