Omnidirectional
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Omnidirectional refers to the notion of existing in every direction. Omnidirectional devices include:
- Omnidirectional antennaOmnidirectional antennaIn radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is an antenna which radiates radio wave power uniformly in all directions in one plane, with the radiated power decreasing with elevation angle above or below the plane, dropping to zero on the antenna's axis. This radiation pattern is often...
, an antenna that radiates equally in all directions - VHF omnidirectional rangeVHF omnidirectional rangeVOR, short for VHF omnidirectional radio range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. A VOR ground station broadcasts a VHF radio composite signal including the station's identifier, voice , and navigation signal. The identifier is typically a two- or three-letter string in Morse code...
, a type of radio navigation system for aircraft - Omnidirectional cameraOmnidirectional cameraIn photography, an omnidirectional camera is a camera with a 360-degree field of view in the horizontal plane, or with a visual field that covers the entire sphere...
, a camera that can see all 360 degrees around it - Omnidirectional treadmillOmnidirectional treadmillAn omnidirectional treadmill, or ODT, is a device that allows a person to perform locomotive motion in any direction. The ability to move in any direction is how these treadmills differ from their basic counterparts...
, a treadmill that allows a person to walk in any direction without moving - Omnidirectional microphone, a microphone that can hear from all directions
- Mecanum wheelMecanum wheelThe Mecanum wheel is one design for a wheel which can move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Ilon wheel after its Swedish inventor, Bengt Ilon, who came up with the idea in 1973 when he was an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB....
, a specially designed wheel that allows movement in any direction, such as that used by many robots in the RoboCup Small Size League