free-space radiation pattern

free-space radiation pattern

[′frē ‚spās rād·ē′ā·shən ‚pad·ərn]

(electromagnetism)

Radiation pattern that an antenna would have if it were in free space where there is nothing to reflect, refract, or absorb the radiated waves.

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