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Yagi antenna

[ yah-gee, yag-ee ]

noun

, Radio.
  1. a sharply directional antenna array, consisting of one or two dipoles connected to the transmitting or receiving circuit, and several insulated dipoles all parallel and about equally spaced in a line.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yagi antenna1

1940–45; named after Hidetsugu Yagi (1886–1976), Japanese electrical engineer

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