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gain (GAYN) (verb)
1. To come into possession or use of something; to acquire: Andrew strived to gain a small fortune in real estate just before the financial bubble burst.
2. To attain in competition or struggle; to win: Carl's team tried to gain a decisive victory over the opposing athletic team.
3. To obtain through effort or merit; to achieve: Shelby wanted to gain recognition with her volunteer work as an educational tutor.
2. To attain in competition or struggle; to win: Carl's team tried to gain a decisive victory over the opposing athletic team.
3. To obtain through effort or merit; to achieve: Shelby wanted to gain recognition with her volunteer work as an educational tutor.
gainly (GAYN'li) (adjective)
Graceful, pleasing, shapely: Justin was described as a gainly youth with dark hair and blue eyes.
As a gainly guy, Joseph tried to gain Karin's attention through his efforts to gain the last goal at the game.
In fact, he tried to gain an outstanding recognition from his coach and team members for his efforts, too.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group G; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“gain”
(Latin: wealth, wealthy, rich; gain, profit, money; avarice)
(Greek: acquisition of wealth by making money; transacting business to gain wealth; efforts made to possess goods and money; striving to be rich)
(Latin: to deserve; to earn, to acquire, to gain; entitled to)
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“gain”
antenna gain
1. In technical terms, the gain is the ratio of the power required at the input of a loss-free reference antenna to the power supplied to the input of the given antenna to produce, in a given direction, the same field strength at the same distance.
2. The conductive element that radiates or receives energy in the radio frequency spectrum to and from the tag.
Antenna gain is usually expressed in decibels and the higher the gain the more powerful the energy output. Antennas with higher gain will be able to read tags from farther away.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions
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solar gain
The amount of energy that a building absorbs due to solar energy striking its exterior and conducting to the interior, or by passing through windows and being absorbed by materials in the building.
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sol-, soli-, solo- +
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voltage gain
The difference between the output signal voltage level in decibels and the input signal voltage level in decibels.
This value is equal to twenty times the common logarithm of the ratio of the output voltage to the input voltage.
The voltage gain is equal to the amplification factor of the tube or transistor only for a matched load.