Definitions

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  • noun telecommunications A wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.
  • adjective Involving or pertaining to more than one path (route), as between nodes on a network or components in a computer.

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ path

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Examples

  • Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder have begun using interference patterns-called multipath signals-created when satellite signals reflect off the earth, to measure moisture on the ground and in vegetation.

    Gizmodo 2009

  • Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder have begun using interference patterns-called multipath signals-created when satellite signals reflect off the earth, to measure moisture on the ground and in vegetation.

    TreeHugger 2009

  • Reliability: Like any radio frequency transmission, wireless networking signals are subject to a wide variety of interference, as well as complex propagation effects (such as multipath, or especially in this case Rician fading) that are beyond the control of the network administrator.

    Wireless Local Area Network 2007

  • "A tracking system may not even work in the cavern as there would be considerable problems with what is known as multipath error -- basically the sound ricocheting all over the place, making it difficult to get accurate readings.

    Interactive Dig Yucatán - ROVs to the Rescue 2004

  • A set of fully tested features, such as multipath I/O, multiple connections and remote boot, is now available for iSCSI management.

    SearchDataCenter: IT infrastructure news Contributor(editor@searchdatacenter.com Mark Holt 2010

  • The purpose of the antennas is to catch "multipath" reflections-basically, in the real world signals tend to bounce around rather than travel is a purely straight line.

    Insights 2009

  • The need to understand the effects of phenomena such as multipath reflections, atmospheric effects, and dropouts on devices has therefore meant that products must be taken out into the field and laboriously tested.

    LBSzone RSS News Feed 2009

  • The researchers have developed a technique that uses interference patterns created when GPS signals that reflect off of the ground -- called "multipath" signals -- are combined with signals that arrive at the antenna directly from the satellite, said CU-Boulder aerospace engineering sciences Professor Kristine Larson, who is leading the study.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The need to understand the effects of phenomena such as multipath reflections, atmospheric effects, and drop-outs on GPS devices has therefore meant that products must be taken out into the field and laboriously tested.

    LBSzone RSS News Feed 2009

  • The FM is even good, with less "multipath" noise than on my old

    Edhat Santa Barbara 2009

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