{"id":5787,"date":"2011-07-29T00:07:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T00:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/signal-strength\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:06:49","slug":"signal-strength","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/9366\/signal-strength","title":{"rendered":"Signal Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_signal_strength_mean\">What Does Signal Strength Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Signal strength, in telecommunications, is the magnitude of an electric field at a reference point, which is located at a significant distance from the transmitting antenna. 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