Lobe may refer to:
People with the name
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Lobe (surname)
Science and healthcare
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Lobe (anatomy)
* Lobe, a large-scale structure of a
radio galaxy
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Glacial lobe, a lobe-shaped
glacier
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Lobation, a characteristic of the nucleus of certain biological cells
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Acoustic lobe, radiation pattern exhibited by multi-driver loudspeakers
* Delta lobe or deltaic lobe, the projection of a
river delta mouth into standing water
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Roche lobe, the region of space around a star in a binary system within which orbiting material is gravitationally bound to that star
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Sidelobe, an identifiable segment of an antenna radiation pattern
** Grating lobe, a sidelobe that is much higher than all other side lobes, approximately the same as the main beam — exists only in
phased array
In antenna theory, a phased array usually means an electronically scanned array, a computer-controlled array of antennas which creates a beam of radio waves that can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving th ...
s
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Main lobe, the lobe containing the maximum power
Other uses
* Lobe, an oblong protrusion from a
camshaft
A camshaft is a shaft that contains a row of pointed cams, in order to convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion. Camshafts are used in piston engines (to operate the intake and exhaust valves), mechanically controlled ignition systems ...
* The Lobe, a character in ''
Freakazoid!''
See also
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Löbe Löbe and Loebe () are German surnames, and Loebe is also a given name.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Loebe (born 1952), German journalist, opera manager and festival manager
* János Löbe (born 1995), German football player
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, also spelled Loebe, a German surname
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