air-spaced coax

air-spaced coax

[′er ‚spāst ′kō‚aks]

(electromagnetism)

Coaxial cable in which air is basically the dielectric material; the conductor may be centered by means of a spirally wound synthetic filament, beads, or braided filaments.

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