skip distance


noun Radio.

the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.

Origin of skip distance

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby skip distance

British Dictionary definitions for skip distance

skip distance

noun

the shortest distance between a transmitter and a receiver that will permit reception of radio waves of a specified frequency by one reflection from the ionosphere