"antenna" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals (synset 102718140)
is a type of: electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
subtypes:
- 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
is a part of:
- receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals
- sender, transmitter - set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
same as: aerial, transmitting aerial
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ (synset 104850501)
"he had a special antenna for public relations"

is a type of: sensitiveness, sensitivity - the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

same as: feeler
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans;
Typically sensitive to touch and taste (synset 102587546)
is a type of: 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 locomotion

same as: feeler