antenna

Meaning

1. An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
2. An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.
3. (figuratively) The faculty of intuitive astuteness.
4. A fragment of an oligosaccharide
5. The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

Synonyms

aerial

feeler

tentacle

transmitting aerial

palpus

sting

television antenna

palp

receiving wire

ANT

🐜

barbel

boom

💥

conductor

Translations

antenne

antena

Antenne

antenna

antena

κεραία

antenne

antena

Fühler

voelhoorn

anten

ra

voelspriet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ænˈtɛn.ə/

Etymology

From Latin antenna, antemna (“yard, sailyard; pole”). First used in this sense as a Latin word in the 15th century and as an English word by the end of the 17th century.

Sentences

The large antenna had failed to open fully after receiving commands from inside Mir .

The latter antenna delivers good skywave suppression .