半はん波ぱ

noun-modifying (irregular)

half-wave

Technical term in physics, used prenominally to describe something related to half of a wave, such as a half-wave rectifier or half-wave dipole. Often appears in compounds like 半波長 (half wavelength).

See also: 半波長

• 半はん波ぱ整せい流りゅう回かい路ろは交こう流りゅうの半はん分ぶんだけを直ちょく流りゅうに変へん換かんする。

  A half-wave rectifier circuit converts only half of the AC into DC.

• アンテナの設せっ計けいでは半はん波長ぱちょうダイポールが基き本ほんとなる。

  In antenna design, the half-wave dipole is fundamental.