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rectennae

rectennae is the plural of rectenna.

Meaning of rectenna

Noun

rectenna (plural rectennas or rectennae)

  1. A special type of antenna that converts microwave energy into direct current electricity.
    • This leads to highly efficient photon-to-electron conversion, orders of magnitude larger than conventional rectennas.2015, Pai-Yen Chen, Mehdi Hajizadegan, Maryam Sakhdari, Andrea Alù, “Giant Photoresponsivity of Mid-Infrared Hyperbolic Metamaterials in the Quantum Regime”, in arXiv

Questions about rectennae

What is rectennae the plural of?
Rectennae is the plural of rectenna.

Words near rectennae in the dictionary

  1. Rectanus
  2. recte
  3. rectectomies
  4. rectectomy
  5. rectenna
  6. rectennae
  7. rectennas
  8. recti
  9. recti casus
  10. recti-
  11. rectifiability

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