dish antenna
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Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation (synset 103212026)
is a type of: directional antenna - an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow anglesubtypes: scanner - a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad areais a part of:
- microwave radar, radar, radio detection and ranging, radiolocation - measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
- radio reflector, radio telescope - astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources
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