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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