an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Used in a Sentence
antenna
How to use antenna in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for antenna.
Editorial note
I don't have an antenna for broadcast TV.
Examples12
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of antenna gathered in one view.
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for antenna.
noun
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
See also: aerial
noun
sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"
See also: feeler
noun
one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
See also: feeler
Example sentences
I don't have an antenna for broadcast TV.
Presumably they could rent the antenna and the cable to them instead of selling it.
Do you want a screen with a 3x3 wifi antenna, or one with a 2x2 wifi antenna with camera?
You mean that antenna stuff nobody cares about anymore?
The fact that they could use one large antenna is exactly right, but it changes nothing, because the law appears to prevents them from doing so.
It seems like a device that has a radio antenna inside it has no excuse for ever running out of entropy.
Pedantic but Aereo doesn't cut into retranmission fees, antenna viewing cuts into their retransmission fees.
We can speculate why that is, probably antenna customers are less profitable or perhaps retransmission fees are a more stable income.
It's the same reason that non-proprietary antenna connectors are mostly prohibited.
After all, one could presumably emulate the "slotted parabolic dish" antenna mentioned by using a suitably coded antenna array?
The theory goes I can put an antenna on my roof and watch TV in the living room, I can put an antenna on top of an apartment building and watch TV down on a lower floor which doesn't have line of sight visibility.
Companies like Samsung and Apple have an astonishing vertical range in their manufacturing process, with their own IP cores / custom processors / custom operating systems / custom antenna design / custom case design.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use antenna in a sentence?
I don't have an antenna for broadcast TV.
What does antenna mean?
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
What part of speech is antenna?
antenna is commonly used as noun.