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Definition of Antennas
1. antenna [n] - See also: antenna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antennas
Literary usage of Antennas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The Transformation of ike antennas of Nymphs and of Naiads In the case of nymphs
and of naiads the insect when it emerges from the eggshell has ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Small antennas The high frequencies of microwaves reduce the size of the ...
For example, the relatively small size of microwave antennas makes them ..."
3. Radio Phone Receiving: A Practical Book for Everybody by Erich Hausmann, Alfred Norton Goldsmith, Louis Alan Hazeltine, John V. L. Hogan, John Harold Morecroft, Frank Emanuel Canavaciol, Robert D. Gibson, Paul C. Hoernel (1922)
"All these devices act as antennas and absorb power. ... The T, inverted L and
fan type antennas are usually set outdoors. A type of antenna now rapidly ..."
4. Design Data for Radio Transmitters and Receivers by Milton Blake Sleeper (1922)
"CHAPTER II RADIO antennas The present-day developments of radio telegraph has
made it possible to obtain some results with almost anything for an antenna, ..."
5. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"This wave is necessary to simulate far-field conditions for the actual use of
antennas or scattering bodies in real-world situations. ..."
6. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"... of the antennas, the form of the palpi and the poorly developed lateral
ciliation of the abdomen, are an assistance to identification in such cases. ..."
7. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"... loops of electric strain, are less diffracted than waves of equal wave length
which are emitted by the fundamental oscillations of other antennas. ..."
8. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"Difference of opinion as to the functions of the antennas.—179. Organs of taste.—180.
Hearing: curious anecdotes.—181. Vision.—182. ..."