loop aerial


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loop aerial

n
(Telecommunications) an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it. Sometimes shortened to: loop Also called: frame aerial
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