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1. (n.) antenna
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires often attached to metal rods; aerial.
2. antenna
one of the jointed, movable sensory appendages occurring in pairs on the heads of insects and most other arthropods.
3. antenna
a means or sense of perception.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L: a sailyard)
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| Definition of 'antenna' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
2. (noun) antenna, feeler
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
"he had a special antenna for public relations"
3. (noun) antenna, feeler
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
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1. (noun) antenna
a hair-like part on an insect's head
the bee's antennae
2. antenna
a metal receiver for radio and TV signals
the car's antenna
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| Definition of 'antenna' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) antenna
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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Sense: (pluralanˈtennae
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 Afrikaans: antenna, voeler |
 Arabic: قَرْن إسْتِشْعار عِنْد ال |
 Bulgarian: мустаче |
 Brazilian: antena |
 Czech: tykadlo |
 German: der Fühler |
 Danish: følehorn |
 Greek: κεραία εντόμου |
 Spanish: antena |
 Estonian: katsesarv |
 Farsi: شاخک |
 Finnish: tuntosarvi |
 French: antenne |
 Hebrew: מָחוֹש |
 Hindi: श्रृंगिका, कीट-पतंगों को |
 Croatian: ticalo |
 Hungarian: tapintó(szerv) |
 Indonesian: sungut |
 Icelandic: fálmari |
 Italian: antenna |
 Japanese: 触角 |
 Korean: 더듬이 |
 Lithuanian: čiuptuvėlis |
 Latvian: tausteklis |
 Malay: sesungut |
 Dutch: voelhoorn |
 Norwegian: følehorn |
 Polish: czułek |
 Persian: شاخک |
 Pashto: آنتن |
 Portuguese: antena |
 Romanian: antenă |
 Russian: щупальце, усик |
 Slovak: tykadlo |
 Slovenian: tipalka |
 Serbian: pipak |
 Swedish: antenn, känselspröt |
 Thai: หนวดของสัตว์ที่ใช้สัมผัสอ |
 Turkish: duyarga |
 Taiwanese: 昆蟲的觸鬚 |
 Ukrainian: щупальце, вусик |
 Urdu: سینگ ، جس سے کیڑے ٹتولتے |
 Vietnamese: râu của loài sâu bọ |
 Chinese: 触角 |
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