TRANSMITTING AERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmitting aerial mean? 

• TRANSMITTING AERIAL (noun)
  The noun TRANSMITTING AERIAL has 1 sense:

1. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

  Familiarity information: TRANSMITTING AERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMITTING AERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerial; antenna; transmitting aerial

Hypernyms ("transmitting aerial" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transmitting aerial"):

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)

Holonyms ("transmitting aerial" is a part of...):

receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)

sender; transmitter (set used to broadcast radio or tv signals)