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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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As the hulking antenna swivels into action, screens inside the control room light up with the names of objects the radar system detects: stars, satellites and abandoned rocket bodies.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Researchers can control the direction of the outgoing beam by changing the phase of the light sent to each antenna.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

At that time, she was living in Kyongsong, a coastal county in the North, where families could pick up TV signals across the water with an antenna.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

This helped eliminate extremely weak false detections as well as unusually strong instrumental artifacts that typically appear in only one antenna.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

My brother said its possible if you have an antenna and a rectifier and something to seme as a speaker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

If Mengucci’s plain talk can’t be received by investors’ antennae or Bluetooth, they’d better check their connectivity.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Other bees frequently touch the dancer with their antennae and bodies.

From Science Daily Mar. 24, 2026

Today, there’s a Christmas tree fashioned out of communication antennae on her bow.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

But these locations also make it easy for thieves to approach and use an antennae to capture the signal from outside the door.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

She was dressed as a butterfly, glittering wings and bobbing antennae, her ginger hair woven into a tail down her back.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Federal aviation officials are planning to move air-traffic control antennas and implement new procedures to avoid a repeat of last week’s safety incident with Marine One near a busy Washington, D.C., airport.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Global drone makers are particularly dependent on China for brushless motors, antennas, cameras and batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

They then used this theoretical framework to guide the design and computer simulation of the antennas.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

To overcome this tradeoff, the MIT researchers developed antennas with reduced crosstalk that can be positioned close together without strongly coupling.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Werner’s blood gallops through his ventricles, his thoughts on Hauptmann’s transceiver, on solder, fuses, batteries, antennas; his boot and Frederick’s touch the ground at the exact same moment.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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