单词 | full wave |
释义 | > as lemmasfull wave full wave adj. (a) designating a rectifier (rectifier n. 4) that converts the entirety of the waveform of an alternating current into one of constant polarity; (also) designating such rectification; (b) designating an aerial or antenna that is the same length as the wavelength of the signal it is intended to receive.In both senses, frequently contrasted with half-wave n. at half adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1916 Electric Vehicles Oct. 144/2 The principles already briefly discussed are applied equally well to half-wave or full wave rectifiers. 1923 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 42 644/2 In a number of comparisons the full wave antenna has always shown noticeably better stray ratios than an antenna half the length. 1951 Pop. Sci. Jan. 214/1 For electroplating, hum-free relays, and other applications that need full-wave rectification, you can hook up the disks in two ways. 1987 G. Walker Astron. Observ. (1989) iii. 78 The 22 MHz..T-shaped array at Penticton, British Columbia, consists of 624 full-wave dipoles. 2015 H. J. Pain & P. Rankin Introd. Vibrations & Waves xi. 247 The accompanying circuit denotes the potential of an applied full wave rectifier. < as lemmas |
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