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Lobe - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Arachnoid, Archipallium, Arm, Auricle, Branch, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Cochlea, Conch

In telecommunication, the term lobe has the following meanings:

  1. An identifiable segment of an antenna radiation pattern. (Note: A lobe is characterized by a localized maximum bounded by identifiable nulls.)
  2. A pair of channels between a data station and a lobe attaching unit, one channel for sending and one for receiving, as seen from the point of view of the attached data station.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C


In anatomy, a lobe may refer to divisions of an organ or other unit, such as the lobes of the lung and the liver.

Example Usage of Lobe

bmecdw: 2 ppl on twitter have noticed my placing of "mucking about" in the occipital Lobe. And to think@chrisgbaillie wd have me lower my standards
HelenGribbin: @bmecdw You have 'mucking about' in your occipital Lobe, you up to your eyes in it?
Mpixnl: Just heard my first christmas song of this year on the radio, Lobe christmastime! Sweet dreams everybody
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