half-power beamwidth

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half-power beamwidth [′haf ¦pau̇·ər ′bēm‚width]

(electromagnetism)

The angle across the main lobe of an antenna pattern between the two directions at which the antenna's sensitivity is half its maximum value at the center of the lobe. Abbreviated HPBW.

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