lobe

1 (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe"

2 (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided

3 the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern

4 a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

1. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
2. A division of the brain.

Derived terms

• frontal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• temporal lobe
• trilobite

Translations

The term lobe generally refers to a projecting part of an object, but it can have more specific meanings.

• In biology, lobe (anatomy)

• In telecommunication, the term lobe has the following meanings: (Source: from Federal Standard 1037C)
  • An identifiable segment of an antenna radiation pattern. (Note: A lobe is characterized by a localized maximum bounded by identifiable nulls.)
  • 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.

• In astronomy, the Roche lobe is the region of space around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star

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