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Antenna   /æntˈɛnə/   Listen
Antenna

noun
(pl. antennae)
1.
An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals.  Synonyms: aerial, transmitting aerial.
2.
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ.  Synonym: feeler.
3.
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste.  Synonym: feeler.



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"Antenna" Quotes from Famous Books



... guards. There were the same articulated limbs and the various clamps and hooks for lifting and heavy hauling; the tentacles for grasping; machine guns front and back. Under the helical headpiece that was the antenna this robot seemed to have two eyes—a new feature—but closer examination showed these to be the twin lenses of a stereoscopic motion picture camera. This robot, then, could see. Or at least it could record what the lenses ...
— Astounding Stories, March, 1931 • Various



Words linked to "Antenna" :   receiver, sensitivity, dipole, receiving system, radio antenna, transmitter, sensitiveness, tentacle, sender, electrical device



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