Lobe
The term
lobe generally refers to a projecting part of an object, but it can have more specific meanings.
* In
telecommunication, the term
lobe has the following meanings: (Source: from
Federal Standard 1037C)
** An identifiable segment of an
antenna radiation pattern. (
Note: A lobe is characterized by a localized maximum bounded by identifiable nulls.)
** A pair of channels between a
data station and a
lobe attaching unit, one
channel for sending and one for receiving, as seen from the point of view of the attached data station.
* In
anatomy, lobe can refer to:
** Divisions of the brain. In humans there are four lobes: the
frontal lobe, the
parietal lobe, the
occipital lobe and the
temporal lobe** The
** More generally, a lobe may refer to divisions of an organ or other unit, such as the lobes of the
lung, the
liver or a
leaf. A "lobule" is a small lobe.
* In
astronomy, the
Roche lobe is the region of space around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star
* The villain from the animated series
Freakazoid