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PRONUNCIATION OF DIRECTIVITY

directivity  [ˌdaɪrɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIRECTIVITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Directivity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIRECTIVITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

directivity

Directivity

In electromagnetics, directivity is a figure of merit for an antenna. It measures the power density the antenna radiates in the direction of its strongest emission, versus the power density radiated by an ideal isotropic radiator radiating the same total power. An antenna's directivity is a component of its gain; the other component is its efficiency. Directivity is an important measure because most emissions are intended to go in a particular direction or at least in a particular plane; emissions in other directions or planes are wasteful. The directivity of an actual antenna can vary from 1.76 dBi for a short dipole, to as much as 50 dBi for a large dish antenna.

Definition of directivity in the English dictionary

The definition of directivity in the dictionary is the quality of being directional or how directional something is. Other definition of directivity is the state or quality of being directed, as by a particular force.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIRECTIVITY


activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
captivity
kæpˈtɪvɪtɪ
conductivity
ˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
connectivity
ˌkɒnɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
creativity
ˌkriːeɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
hyperactivity
ˌhaɪpərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
inactivity
ˌɪnækˈtɪvɪtɪ
interactivity
ˌɪntərækˈtɪvɪtɪ
nativity
nəˈtɪvɪtɪ
negativity
ˌnɛɡəˈtɪvɪtɪ
positivity
ˌpɒzɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
productivity
ˌprɒdʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ
radioactivity
ˌreɪdɪəʊækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reactivity
ˌriːækˈtɪvɪtɪ
reflectivity
ˌriːflɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
relativity
ˌrɛləˈtɪvɪtɪ
resistivity
ˌriːzɪsˈtɪvɪtɪ
selectivity
sɪˌlɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ
sensitivity
ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtɪ
superconductivity
ˌsuːpəˌkɒndʌkˈtɪvɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIRECTIVITY

direction
direction angle
direction cosine
direction finder
direction finding
direction indicator
directional
directional drilling
directionality
directionless
directions
directive
directly
directness
Directoire
director
director general
director of admissions
Director of Education
director of music

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIRECTIVITY

absorptivity
adaptivity
additivity
associativity
cooperativity
diffusivity
electronegativity
exclusivity
expressivity
extravehicular activity
gravity
hypersensitivity
inclusivity
motivity
objectivity
physical activity
special theory of relativity
subjectivity
thermal conductivity
transitivity
transmissivity

Synonyms and antonyms of directivity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «directivity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIRECTIVITY

Find out the translation of directivity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of directivity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «directivity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

指向性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

directividad
570 millions of speakers

English

directivity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

directivity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاتجاهية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

направленность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diretividade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

directivity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

directivité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengarahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Richt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

指向性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지향성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langsung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

định hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெறிப்படுத்துந்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिग्दर्शन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yönelme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

direttività
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kierunkowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спрямованість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

directivitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατευθυντικότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

directiviteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

direktivitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retnings
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of directivity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTIVITY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIRECTIVITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about directivity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIRECTIVITY»

Discover the use of directivity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to directivity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Handbook of Antenna Design
For a scan off broadside, the directivity result is: TV* G = - jn - (9.21) N +2 £ (W — H) sine nkd cos (nkd sin 0o) n=l See also Section 9. 1.3. 3. This can be used to calculate directivity at any scan angle, and will produce directivity changes near ...
Alan W. Rudge, 1983
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Modern Antenna Design
lot/21¢E. 3+[4R12(d)/R11l+[2R12(2d)/R11]. The directivity of the general N - element equally spaced linear array, excited by equal-amplitude and equal- phase signals, is easily found by extending the development: N 2 (element directivity) ...
Thomas A. Milligan, 2005
3
Principles of Underwater Sound
The transducer, as a hydrophone, will thus have two (possibly different) directivity patterns, and these will not be the same as the pattern when the electric connections are not altered. This is discussed in detail in Section 11.2.3. 7.4.3 The ...
University of California (1868-1952). Division of War Research. Sonar Data Division, California. University. Division of War Research. Sonar Data Division, Carl Eckart, 1946
4
Embracing Non-Directivity: Reassessing Person-Centered ...
An expert collection investigating non-directivity, the distinguishing feature of the revolutionary, anti-authoritarian approach to psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers.
Brian E. Levitt, 2005
5
Monopole Antennas
10.2.4 Numerical Results Numerical evaluation of the far-zone field, directivity, radiation resistance, and radiation efficiency is executed by Richmond's computer program RICHMOND4 written in FORTRAN 77. The program RICHMOND4 uses ...
Melvin M. Weiner, 2003
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Optimization Methods in Electromagnetic Radiation
1.3 Maximization of Directivity and Super-gain The discussion in the preceeding section has shown that the behavior of the radiated far field pattern of a source depends on the “feeding” or currents on the radiating elements. The ability to ...
Thomas S. Angell, Andreas Kirsch, 2004
7
A Guide to the Wireless Engineering Body of Knowledge (WEBOK)
4.3.4 Directivity, Gain, and Aperture The directivity, D, of an antenna is defined as the ratio of the radiation intensity to the radiation intensity averaged over a sphere. Directivity is a function of 6 and ti and is mathematically expressed by D( 0,¢) ...
G. Giannattasio, J. Erfanian, P. Wills, 2009
8
The Marine Seismic Source
THE USE OF DIRECTIVITY FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION The rather different directivity characteristics of long and wide arrays have already been illustrated. In this section the noise problems that can be tackled by careful array design will be  ...
G.E. Parkes, L. Hatton, 1986
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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation ...
As for railway noise engineering, several noise types of different directivity characteristics are often mixed together, such as wheel and rail radiation, engine and cooling fan noise, turbulence sound around bogies, inter-coach areas and ...
Tatsuo Maeda, Pierre-Etienne Gautier, Carl Hanson, 2011
10
Practical Guide to MIMO Radio Channel: with MATLAB Examples
Since practical antennas are never isotropic, the directivity is defined as the ratio of the power density radiated at a point with a given angle and distance from an antenna compared to what would be radiated at that point by an isotropic ...
Tim Brown, Persefoni Kyritsi, Elizabeth De Carvalho, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIRECTIVITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term directivity is used in the context of the following news items.
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S Series Speakers Supply Sumptuous Sonics - ETNow.com
Controlled directivity maintains this sound quality over a wide horizontal arc to cover all listeners whilst vertical dispersion is tailored to avoid ... «EtNow.com, Jul 15»
2
FCC Issues Final Rule Affecting Morrison, Colorado
... modulation, polarization, antenna height or directivity, or location of such a station, must be coordinated with NTIA before an authorization will be issued. «Targeted News Service, Jul 15»
3
Rooftop sound
“Because of the highly controlled directivity of Funktion-One Resolution speakers, we were able to overcome this by placing four Res 2s at ... «AV Magazine, Jul 15»
4
DPA brings NAB launches to IBC
The company's Podium range includes the d:screet miniature microphone which uses interference tube technology for directivity and off-axis ... «AV Magazine, Jul 15»
5
DPA Microphones Brings Its Latest Broadcast Microphones at IBC …
Incorporating special interference tube technology that ensures exceptional directivity and off-axis rejection, the d:screet™ Miniature Podium ... «TV Technology, Jul 15»
6
Funktion-One equipment for two Beirut rooftop venues
“Because of the highly controlled directivity of Funktion-One Resolution speakers, we were able to overcome this by placing four Res 2s at ... «Audio Media International, Jul 15»
7
Crystal Acoustics Cuby 9 review | TrustedReviews
... which shoot sound in different directions to achieve what Crystal calls 'Balanced Speaker Directivity'. Of course, these upgrades come with a ... «TrustedReviews, Jun 15»
8
Martin Audio MLA Controls Sound At Gottwood Festival
Honywill believes the LF containment was down to “a combination of the directivity of the awesome MLX subs, helped in no small way by the ... «Live Design, Jun 15»
9
DPA Microphones Captures Sweet Sounds For Legendary FOH …
“I like the directivity of the d:vote instrument mics, especially with Forbidden Saints, because they are essentially a loud rock symphony,” adds ... «Live Design, Jun 15»
10
Aratechlabs unveils Arapolarmic 2.0, with Android support and 15 …
... the directivity of microphones, was demoed for PSNEurope last July (see EXCLUSIVE: Aratechlabs augments microphone placement skills). «PSNEurope, Jun 15»

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