antenna
Noun
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An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals (synset 102718140)
hypernym: electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricityhyponym:
- dipole, dipole antenna - an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
- directional antenna - an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle
- nondirectional antenna, omnidirectional antenna - an antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions
part meronym:- receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals
- sender, transmitter - set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
synonym: aerial, transmitting aerial -
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ (synset 104850501)
"he had a special antenna for public relations"hypernym: sensitiveness, sensitivity - the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environmentsynonym: feeler
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One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans;
Typically sensitive to touch and taste (synset 102587546)hypernym: tentacle - any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotionsynonym: feeler
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