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Antenna

Antenna Meaning & Definition
Antenna Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antenna?

[n] one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
[n] an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
[n] sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antenna: aerial | feeler | feeler | transmitting aerial

Related Terms | Find terms related to Antenna: 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

See Also | dipole | dipole antenna | directional antenna | electrical device | nondirectional antenna | omnidirectional antenna | receiver | receiving system | sender | sensitiveness | sensitivity | tentacle | transmitter

Antenna In Webster's Dictionary

\An*ten"na\, n.; pl. {Antenn[ae]}. [L. antenna sail-yard; NL., a feeler, horn of an insect.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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