English Explanatory Dictionary

antenna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. 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.

Pronunciation

/ænˈtɛn.ə/ en-us-antenna.ogg

Word forms

antenna antennae antennas antennæ

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.

Synonyms

feeler aerial clairvoyance acumen perspicacity yard

Derived words

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