Antenna Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of antenna noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

antenna noun  /ænˈtenə/  /ænˈtenə/ jump to other results

1. enlarge image(plural antennae  /ænˈteniː/  /ænˈteniː/) either of the two long thin parts on the heads of some insects and some animals that live in shells, used to feel and touch things with synonym feeler
   • (figurative) The minister was praised for his acute political antennae (= ability to understand complicated political situations).
   Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryantenna + verb
   • quiver
   • twitch
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2. enlarge image(plural antennas, antennae) (especially North American English) (also aerial especially in British English) a piece of equipment made of wire or long straight pieces of metal for receiving or sending radio and television signals
   • radio antennas
   Topics Engineeringc1, TV, radio and newsc1, Houses and homesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
   • radio
   • television
   • TV
   • …
   verb + antenna
   • install
   • mount
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, alteration of antemna ‘yard’ (of a ship), used in the plural to translate Greek keraioi ‘horns (of insects)’, used by Aristotle.

See antenna in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: antenna

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