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Answer for the clue "The property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another ", 11 letters:
directivity

Word definitions for directivity in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context geology English) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture

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In electromagnetics , directivity is a figure of merit , usually 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 (which emits ...

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n. the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another [syn: directionality ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
directivity \directivity\ n. the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive to sounds coming from one direction than from another. Syn: directionality.

Usage examples of directivity.

There was a lot of fog have painted a radar picture with a directivity factor of swirling about this situation: different agendas by the four over six hundred million for a two-centimeter wavelength.