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noun, plural -ten·nas for 1, -ten·nae 
[-ten-ee] for 2.
[-ten-ee] for 2. 1.
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
2.
Zoology. one of the jointed, movable, sensory appendages occurring in pairs on the heads of insects and most other arthropods.
Origin:
1640–50; < Latin: a sailyard
1640–50; < Latin: a sailyard
Related forms
an·ten·nal, adjective
post·an·ten·nal, adjective
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| antenna (ænˈtɛnə) | |
| —n , -nae, -nas | |
| 1. | one of a pair of mobile appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, etc, that are often whiplike and respond to touch and taste but may be specialized for swimming or attachment |
| 2. | another name for aerial |
| [C17: from Latin: sail yard, of obscure origin] | |
| an'tennal | |
| —adj | |
| an'tennary | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
antenna
1640s, "feeler or horn of an insect," from L. antenna "sail yard," the long yard that sticks up on some sails, of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE base *temp- "to stretch, extend." In this sense, it is a loan-transl. of Gk. keraiai "horns" (of insects). Modern use in radio, etc., for "aerial wire" is
EXPANDfrom 1902.
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