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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

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

An important advantage is that the antenna is compatible with existing MRI equipment, eliminating the need for costly new infrastructure.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

After his grandparents went to bed, he rigged up an antenna and toyed with the radio dials, tuning in a German-language newscast on the BBC.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

"There's around 10,000 satellites orbiting right now. The plan is to go to about 40-50,000 satellites in just some years," explains Abrahamsson, as he stands overlooking several large antennae.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

Then the beetle seeks out an ant — climbing on top of it, clasping its antennae in its jaws and scooping up its pheromones with brush-like legs.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2026

A yellow-and-black burying beetle, crawling across the white fur of his belly, stopped, waved its short, curved antennae and then moved on again.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Although the antennas needed different propagation coefficients, they still had to release light in the same consistent manner.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Based on those calculations, the team manufactured an OPA containing the reduced-crosstalk antennas.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The MIT team instead created a repeating set of three antennas with distinct shapes.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

They studied each other’s eyes, you know, like they had antennas and were sending radio signals to each other.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie




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