Dictionary Definition
antenna
Noun
1 an electrical device that sends or receives
radio or television signals [syn: aerial, transmitting
aerial]
2 sensitivity similar to that of a receptor
organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations" [syn:
feeler]
3 one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head
of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and
taste [syn: feeler]
[also: antennae
(pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
- A device to receive or transmit radio-frequency signal by converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical signal.
- The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
Usage notes
- Use of the Latinate plural to mean multiple aerials is very rare.
- Use of the Anglicised plural to mean multiple feelers or astute aptitudes is very rare.
Translations
Feeler organ on the head of an insect
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (chùjiǎo)
- Croatian: antena
- Dutch: voelspriet
- Finnish: tuntosarvi
- French: antenne
- German: Antenne , Fühler
- Greek: κεραία
- Hebrew:
- Italian: antenna
- Japanese: 触角 qualifier insects; ヒゲ qualifier animals
- Polish: czułek
- Romanian: antenă
- Russian: антенна (anténna) , ус (us)
- Swedish: antenn
Device to receive or transmit radio signals
References
Italian
Etymology
From antenna.Noun
Latin
Etymology
Unknown or disputed.antennā
Inflection
Extensive Definition
Antenna (plural antennae or antennas) may refer
to:
Science and engineering
- Antenna (radio), the component designed to send and receive radio waves;
- Antenna (biology), the sensing organs of several arthropods;
- Antennae galaxies, the name of two colliding galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
- Antenna may refer to a radio telescope
- Antenna, in integrated circuit design, can refer to the charge collecting behaviour of a wire during fabrication. Hence the terms antenna effect and antenna rules which describe the effect and the rules which ensure that the buildup of charge above a threshold (which can damage the oxide in the transistor gates) is prevented.
Music
- Antenna, an album by the rock group ZZ Top
- Antenna, a 2003 album by Cave In
- Antenna, an Australian rock band, formed by Kim Salmon (The Scientists) and Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus)
Broadcasting
- ANT1, also known as Antenna, is a Greek-language terrestrial channel
- Antena 3 (Romania), a Romanian cable television channel from Romania
- Antena 3 (Spain), a Spanish terrestrial television channel from Spain
Other uses
- a 2004 Film with Susumu Terajima
- an artist on LTM
- Antennae http://antennae.org.uk - The online Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (www.antennae.org.uk) Editor: Giovanni Aloi
antenna in Danish: Antenne
antenna in German: Antenne
antenna in Esperanto: Anteno
antenna in French: Antenne
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antenna in Korean: 안테나 (동음이의)
antenna in Indonesian: Antena
antenna in Italian: Antenna
antenna in Dutch: Antenne
antenna in Japanese: アンテナ (曖昧さ回避)
antenna in Norwegian Nynorsk:
Antenne
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aerials, barb, barbel, barbule, bedspring type, cat
whisker, directional antenna, dish, doublet, feed-and-reflector
unit, feeler, mast, mattress type, palp, palpus, reflector, rhombic antenna,
scanner, strike radar
scanner, tactile cell, tactile corpuscle, tactile hair, tactile
organ, tactile process, tactor, tower, transmitting antenna,
vibrissa, wave
antenna