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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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The team encountered technical difficulties and scheduling constraints that prevented it from finishing the entire antenna.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Most recently, in March, her BMW was stolen from outside her home using an antenna to amplify the signal from the key fob inside her house.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Its antenna arrays detect radio signals from celestial objects, allowing scientists to observe and catalog sources across the southern sky.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Changing that length can allow an antenna to operate at different frequencies, but making such adjustments often requires moving mechanical components or complicated engineering.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

If a mystic'd told me that one exact moment in one exact place can act as an antenna that picks up faint traces of lost people, I wouldn't've argued.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The study examines how a particular signaling pathway within the cells' antennae, known as the primary cilium, affects heart development during embryonic development.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

It is no bigger than a fingertip, but has comically large antennae - which Hughes likens to "big floppy ears".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Using satellite images, shore-based antennae, data and other sources, Kpler aims to reconstruct the trajectory of a vessel that has "gone dark," he added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

The antennae are waving back and forth on her forehead.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Already, Russian engineers are fitting Shahed drones with better antennas so that they can withstand jamming, and Ukrainian forces are creating ever more powerful jammers in response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Future robotic construction systems could help scientists build gigantic space telescopes that collect more light, radio antennas capable of supporting advanced communications, and enormous solar arrays designed to capture sunlight in orbit.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Conventional antennas may require mechanical devices to change their orientation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

On a balmy August day, six Lima antennas shaped like megaphones pointed skyward from poles on the edge of a field in a rural part of Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It bowled through the cluster of antennas, and all wireless communication cut out.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown


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