directivity has definitions from the fields of mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (mathematics,geometry) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another

Synonyms

directionality

Used in print

(Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)

The ratio of the measured antenna temperature_change during a drift scan across the moon to the average brightness temperature of the moon over the antenna beam ( assuming that the brightness temperature of the sky is negligible ) was found , by graphical integration of the antenna directivity diagram , to be 0.85 .

Related terms

radial_asymmetry

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