cross wires
Britishplural noun
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The ideal length for the cross wires is one-half the wavelength to be received, with the more expensive antennas having one for each channel.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
TV-reception antennas for VHF are constructed with cross wires supported at their centers, as shown in Figure 24.28.
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Figure 24.28 A television reception antenna has cross wires of various lengths to most efficiently receive different wavelengths.
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Two cross wires are fastened to the hoop, as shown in Fig.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
The magnet had a mirror attached to it, and a telescope having cross wires in the focus was used to observe the scale divisions of a fixed scale seen reflected in the mirror.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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