Antenna

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One of the paired, flexible, segmented sensory appendages on the head of an insect, myriapod, or crustacean functioning primarily as an organ of touch.
  • noun. Something likened to this sensory appendage, as in function or form.
  • noun. A metallic apparatus for sending or receiving electromagnetic waves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of the lateral articulated appendages occurring in pairs on that segment of the head of an arthropod animal, as an insect, which immediately precedes the mouth or mandibular segment; a feeler or ‘horn.’
  • noun. An analogous organ on the heads of other animals, as a feeler or tentacle, like the eye-stalk of a snail.
  • noun. plural Projecting horns of iron or bronze found on some ancient helmets, perhaps serving only as ornaments, or as badges, or in some cases to stop a blow from glancing downward and striking the shoulder.
  • noun. In Rotifera, a spur-like process bearing a tuft of setæ and projecting from the mid-dorsal line close to the trochal disk. Same as calcar, 4.
  • noun. In electricity, the vertical conductor used in wireless telegraphy to send out electric waves (sender) or receive them (receiver).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latter. They are used as organs of touch, and in some species of Crustacea the cavity of the ear is situated near the basal joint. In insects, they are popularly called horns, and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.
  • noun. A metallic device, variously shaped, designed for the purpose of either transmitting or receiving radio waves, as for radio or television broadcasting, or for transmitting communication signals. Some types are: whip antenna, antenna tower, horn antenna, dish antenna, directional antenna and rabbit ears. See transmitter, receiver.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
  • noun. An apparatus to receive or transmit radio waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
  • noun. The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
  • noun. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
  • noun. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
    • Word Usage
    "David mouthed the word antenna and pointed at the thing."
    cross-reference
    antennæ  decussate  
    Form
    fractal antenna  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sensitiveness  sensitivity  tentacle  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    antenna tower  directional antenna  dish antenna  horn antenna  rabbit ears  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bena  Brenna  Gena  Glenna  Jenna  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amplifier  battery  cable  camera  circuit  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aerial  aerials  barb  barbel  barbule  
    variant
    antennae  receiver  transmitter  
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