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antenna en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ænˈtɛn.ə/
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Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Meanings

1. An appendage used for sensing on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
   • The basis of these relationships lies in the olfactory chemoreceptors of insect antennas... 2010, Craig S. Charron, Daliel J. Cantliffe, "Volatile emissions from plants", Horticultural Reviews, pages 43-72, →ISBN:
   • The overall shape of most insect antennae is elongate and cylindrical, although elaborations into plumose, lamellate, or pectinate forms have arisen many times in different insect lineages. 2006, Timothy Duane Schowalter, Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, →ISBN, page 22:
   • He put his fingers over his head like two antennas, crossed his eyes, and waggled his tongue like some kind of insect. In the same work, Brown uses antennae to refer to both aerials and feelers during more technical descriptions. 2009, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 24:
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.
   • Obama is astute. He approaches things with the help of a sensitive antenna. 2010, Mary Lou Decostérd, Right Brain/Left Brain President: Barack Obama's Uncommon Leadership Ability, →ISBN, page 106:
   • Most nurses believe they are born with an antenna of sorts, which is able to guide them through clinical practice and help them determine what is right and what is not... 2006, Kelly Pyrek, Forensic Nursing, →ISBN, page 5:
4. A fragment of an oligosaccharide
5. The spar to which a lateen sail is attached, which is then hoisted up the mast.

Forms

Deriveds

J antenna · Zepp antenna · horn antenna · antennocular · antennogram · antennaed · antennalike · fractal antenna · antenna codlet · photoantenna · pillbox antenna · antennule · Yagi-Uda antenna · dipole antenna · dish antenna · nanoantenna · antenna complex · antenniferous · antennal · cantenna · antenna protein · Yagi antenna · J-pole antenna · loop antenna · Antennagate · antennate · evolved antenna · antennaless · antenna pigment · billboard antenna · antennectomy · superantenna · antenna switch · rectenna · multiantenna · cheese antenna

Descendants

एन्टेना · အင်တင်နာ · antena · anteno

Synonyms

aerial (Device to receive or transmit radio-frequency signal) · perspicacity · acumen · aerial · yard · feeler · clairvoyance · feeler (Feeler organ on the head of an insect)

Translations (99)

be ву́сік (feeler organ) · sq antenë (feeler organ) · ro antenă (feeler organ) · pl antena (feeler organ) · kk мұрт (feeler organ) · ka შემხე (feeler organ) · lt antena (feeler organ) · da antenne (feeler organ) · he אַנְטֶנָה (feeler organ) · ky мурут (feeler organ) · vi xúc giác (feeler organ) · ko 더듬이 (feeler organ) · ur سِینْگھی (feeler organ) · cmn 觸鬚 /触须 (feeler organ) · tr duyarga (feeler organ) · alt антенна (feeler organ) · ast antena (feeler organ) · ar قَرْن اِسْتِشْعَار (feeler organ) · sk tykadlo (feeler organ) · my စမ်းချောင်း (feeler organ) · ar زُبَانَى (feeler organ) · fi tuntosarvet (intuitive astuteness) · ga adharcán (feeler organ) · mn антен (feeler organ) · ru сяжо́к (feeler organ) · hy բեղիկ (feeler organ) · cmn 觸角 /触角 (feeler organ) · grc κεραία (feeler organ) · az antenna (feeler organ) · pl czułek (feeler organ) · is fálmari (feeler organ) · es antena (feeler organ) · ja ヒゲ (feeler organ) · bn শুঙ্গ (feeler organ) · ga aintéine (feeler organ) · uk анте́на (feeler organ) · az bığcıq (feeler organ) · ms sesungut (feeler organ) · lb Antenn (feeler organ) · tr anten (feeler organ) · tr lamise (feeler organ) · ka ცეცი (feeler organ) · he מחוש (feeler organ) · bg пипа́ло (feeler organ) · es entena (nautical) · ru у́сик (feeler organ) · tr anten (nautical) · bn অ্যান্টেনা (feeler organ) · ko 촉각 (feeler organ) · eo anteno (feeler organ) · my အင်တင်နာ (feeler organ) · sl tipalnica (feeler organ) · mk антена (feeler organ) · ru ус (feeler organ) · ur مُحاس (feeler organ) · hy շոշափուկ (feeler organ) · be антэ́на (feeler organ) · tg шохак (feeler organ) · sv antenn (feeler organ) · fr antenne (feeler organ) · ja 触角 (feeler organ) · he מְשׁוֹשָׁה (feeler organ) · lv antena (feeler organ) · hi एन्टेना (feeler organ) · de Antenne (feeler organ) · cs tykadlo (feeler organ) · nl voelspriet (feeler organ) · fi tuntosarvi (feeler organ) · tg шохча (feeler organ) · mk пипка (feeler organ) · sh anténa (feeler organ) · ru анте́нна (feeler organ) · vi râu (feeler organ) · fa-ira شاخَک (feeler organ) · ky мурутча (feeler organ) · ca antena (feeler organ) · pt antena (feeler organ) · es antena (nautical) · tl sungot (feeler organ) · ast cuernu (feeler organ) · ur اینْٹینا (feeler organ) · it antenna (feeler organ) · mn мэдрэгч (feeler organ) · hi शृंगिका (feeler organ) · sh анте́на (feeler organ) · uz moʻylov (feeler organ) · mi hihi (feeler organ) · hu csáp (feeler organ) · el κεραία (feeler organ) · th หนวด (feeler organ) · sq brirth (feeler organ) · km ប្រមោយ (feeler organ) · mn тэмтрэгч (feeler organ) · uk ву́сик (feeler organ) · ar مِجَسَّة (feeler organ) · et tundel (feeler organ) · de Fühler (feeler organ) · lo ຫນວດ (feeler organ) · nb antenne (feeler organ)