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feed-horn

feed-horn is the alternative spelling of feedhorn.

Meaning of feedhorn

Noun

feedhorn (plural feedhorns)

  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

Forms of feed-horn

pluralfeed-horns

Questions about feed-horn

What is feed-horn the alternative spelling of?
Feed-horn is the alternative spelling of feedhorn.

Words near feed-horn in the dictionary

  1. feed-bags
  2. feed-forward
  3. feed-forwarded
  4. feed-forwarding
  5. feed-forwards
  6. feed-horn
  7. feed-horns
  8. feed-in
  9. feed-through
  10. feed-throughs
  11. feedability

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