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Lob: A stroke in tennis where the ball is hit high above the net. If the opposing player or players are up at the net, the intention may be an offensive lob in order to win the point outright. In . . . View Full Definition

Temporal Lobe: The lobe of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for processing auditory signals.

Sidelobe Control: Sidelobe control comes initially from good antenna design where one requirement is the minimisation of signals entering the receiver through the sidelobes.

Trilobites: A group of benthonic, detritus-feeding, extinct marine invertebrate animals (phylum Arthropoda), having skeletons of an organic compound called chitin. Trilobites appear in abundance early i . . . View Full Definition

Occipital Lobe: The lobe of the cerebral cortex located at the rear of the head; is responsible for receiving and processing visual information.

Abnormal Hemoglobin: Hemoglobin molecule with a different shape due to an altered amino acid sequence (ultimately caused by an altered DNA base sequence), such as in the inherited disease sickle-cell anemia.

Frontal Lobe: The lobe of the cerebral cortex that is responsible for motor activity, speech, and thought processes.

Hemoglobin: A red pigment in red blood cells that can bind with oxygen and is largely responsible for the bloods oxygen-carrying capacity. Hemoglobin is composed of four polypeptide chains, two alpha (a . . . View Full Definition

Sidelobe Cancellation (SLC): Sidelobe cancellation determines the direction of the jamming signal and effectively steers a null into that direction to zero out the jamming signal. Planar array antenna systems can perfor . . . View Full Definition

Side Lobes: Unwanted lobes of a radiation pattern, ie., lobes other than major lobes. Also called minor lobes.