ground plane: Meaning and Definition of

ground' plane"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  2. a ground plate or an underground mesh of radial wires connected to a vertical antennathat is grounded in order to provide suitable radiation characteristics.
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