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noun

antenna

an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

In a sentence

Six example sentences with antenna, each labelled with its topic.

  • A folded antenna the size of a paperclip lets the tracker report from inside a shipping container.

    Technology

  • The lodge fixed a battered antenna to the chimney, which is the only reason the weather forecast arrives.

    Travel

  • The photographer climbed the ridge to shoot the relay antenna that carries every call in the valley below.

    Photography

  • The radio telescope's antenna is a dish seventy meters across, and it picks up whispers from probes beyond Neptune.

    Science

  • Marconi's first transatlantic signal in 1901 relied on an antenna held aloft by a kite on the Newfoundland cliffs.

    History

  • Planning rules forced the antenna to be hidden inside a fake chimney so the historic skyline stayed unbroken.

    Architecture

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