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('gē, yăg'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -gis.
A directional radio and television antenna consisting of a horizontal conductor with several insulated dipoles parallel to and in the plane of the conductor.

[After Hidetsugu Yagi (1886-1976), Japanese electrical engineer.]


Yagi (八木 "eight trees") is a Japanese surname. It may refer to:

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Real people

  • Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi (1886–1976), electrical engineer and professor at Tohoku Imperial University in Japan and developer of the Yagi antenna
  • Hirokazu Yagi (born 1959), former Japanese ski jumper
  • Jukichi Yagi (1898–1927), Japanese poet
  • Masumi Yagi, Japanese comedian of the comedy duo Savanna
  • Meitoku Yagi (1912–2003), Japanese karateka
  • Michiyo Yagi, Japanese musician
  • Norihiro Yagi (born 1968), Japanese [shōnen manga artist

Fictional characters

Places

  • Yagi, Kyoto, town located in Funai District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Yagi (Kashihara), part of the city of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
  • Yagi-nishiguchi Station, located in Kashihara, Nara, Japan
  • Kami-Yagi Station, a West Japan Railway Company| Kabe Line station located in 3-chōme, Yagi, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
  • Rikutyū-Yagi Station, a railway station on the East Japan Railway Company Hachinohe Line located in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
  • Yamato-Yagi Station, a Kintetsu Corporation railway train station situated in the Nara Prefecture

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