lecher wires

lecher wires
\\ˈleḵə(r)-\ noun plural
Usage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: after Ernst Lecher died 1926 Austrian physicist
: a pair of parallel wires so adjusted in length that the frequency of an electromagnetic wave may be determined from the position of the nodes and loops of the standing electromagnetic waves formed along the wires

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/lekh"euhr/, Elect.
parallel wires of such length and terminations that the system will resonate, producing standing waves, if the frequency of the excitation is correct.
[1925-30; named after E. Lecher (d. 1926), Austrian physicist]

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Lecher wires /lehhˈər wīrz/
plural noun
Two insulated parallel stretched wires, forming a microwave electromagnetic transmission line
ORIGIN: Ernst Lecher, Austrian physicist (1856–1926)

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