RADIO ANTENNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio antenna mean? 

• RADIO ANTENNA (noun)
  The noun RADIO ANTENNA has 1 sense:

1. omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received

  Familiarity information: RADIO ANTENNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RADIO ANTENNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radio aerial; radio antenna

Hypernyms ("radio antenna" is a kind of...):

nondirectional antenna; omnidirectional antenna (an antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions)

 Context examples 

Using a radio antenna not much larger than a refrigerator, the researchers discovered that ancient suns were active within 180 million years of the Big Bang.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)

There are 3 mobile phone operators and one radio antenna, an FM radio, so modulated frequencies.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)