antenna

Definitions of antenna
  1. noun
    a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
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    asta, bompresso
    a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
    albero
    a vertical spar for supporting sails
    pennone
    a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
    trinchetto
    the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts
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    asta, asticella, palo, stanga
    a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
  2. noun
    one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
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    tentacolo
    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
  3. noun
    an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
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    dipolo
    an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
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