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Definition: ANTENNAE |
ANTENNAEPlural1. Of Antenna |
Date "ANTENNAE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Crosswords: ANTENNAE |
| English words defined with "ANTENNAE": Acerous, acridid, antennal, antennary, Antenniferous, Antenniform, Antennule ♦ Basicerite, Brachyceral, butterfly ♦ class Pauropoda, Clavated, Clavicorn, Clavicornes, Club-shaped, Cyclops ♦ daphnia, Dentated ♦ earwig, Epistome, Extra-ocular ♦ Fimbricate ♦ green gland ♦ Heterocera ♦ Incrassated, Interocular, Ischiocerite ♦ Lamellated, Lamellicorn, lamellicorn beetle, lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth, locust, Long-horned, long-horned beetle, long-horned grasshopper, longicorn, longicorn beetle, Longicornia ♦ moth ♦ Nauplius, Nereis, Nodose ♦ Palpicorn, Pauropoda, Pectinated, Preocular, Procerite ♦ Redhorn, Rhopalocera ♦ Scaphocerite, scorpion fly, Scyllarian, Serricorn, short-horned grasshopper, Subulicornes ♦ Taxicorn, tettigoniid, Tunicated ♦ versatile ♦ water flea. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTENNAE": interferometry ♦ signal processing. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Those are our antennae. (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; writing credit: Paul L. Jacobson; Glenville Mareth) | |
Lyrics | Red and black antennae waving (Ants Marching; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) | |
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 | Coquillettida and Mansonia may be differentiated by characteristics of their anal segment, and their antennae. Credit: CDC. |  | Hairs 2 and 3 on the Coquillettidia antennae are small. The flagellar segment is longer than the basalar segment. Credit: CDC. |
 | Natural color image of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/4039) compared with ground-based photo. Credit: NASA. |  | Higher-resolution color image of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/4039). Credit: NASA. |
 | Four close-up views of the Antennae galaxies (NGC 4038/4039). Credit: NASA. |  | Cleaner shrimp are distinguished from other shrimp by their long antennae. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Plesiopeneus edwardsianus. A small shrimp with long antennae. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, p. 72. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | W.J.S.V. transmitter. Antennae of W.J.S.V. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is, in the earth, a species of dark polyp with a thousand antennae which grows beneath at the same time the city grows above. |
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Health | Most often, these antennae send out microwaves that raise the temperature in nearby tissues. (references) | |
Tumors are more sensitive to heat than normal tissue, partly because they have less blood flow to cool them. Research scientists testing hyperthermia take advantage of this sensitivity by placing special heat-producing antennae into the tumor region after surgery. (references) | ||
Economic History | Venezuela | During 1999, 55,000 pirated videos, 31,000 cases and stickers, and 17 satellite antennae were confiscated through joint actions with the National Guard. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ANTENNAE" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.38% of the time. "ANTENNAE" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.38% | 159 | 24,860 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.62% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ANTENNAE": antennae-like, antennae-trap. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ANTENNAE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 觸鬚 (feelers, tentacles), 天线 (Antenna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | taetkoblede antenner (closely-coupled antennae), retningsbestemmelse af antenner i kredsløb (pointing of antennae in orbit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | richten van antennes in de ruimte (pointing of antennae in orbit), onderling sterk gekoppelde antennes (closely-coupled antennae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhteenliitetyt antennit (closely-coupled antennae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | antennes Eurobeam (Eurobeam antennae), antennes étroitement couplées entre elles (closely-coupled antennae), antennes polarisations croisées (cross-polarization antennae), pointage d'antennes en orbite (pointing of antennae in orbit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Antennen (antennas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεραίες ισχυρά συζευγμένες (closely-coupled antennae). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | antenne strettamente accoppiate (closely-coupled antennae), puntamento di antenne orbitanti (pointing of antennae in orbit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 안테나 (Antenna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | antennaeay antenas estreitamente acopladas entre si (closely-coupled antennae). (various references) antenã (aerial, antenna, feeler, horn, tentacle). (various references) антенна (aerial, aerial wire, antenna, feeler). (various references) antena (aerial, antenna, dish, feeler, horn). (various references) antenler (antennas), duyargalar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ANTENNAE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeternae, Andeneas, anntena, antana, antanae, antannae, Antena, antenae, antenea, antenn, antennea, atenna, attenna, maintenue. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ANTENNAE" (pronounced ante"nē) |
| 3 | -e" n ē | any, Benny, Jenny, many, penny. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-n-n-n-t" | |
-1 letter: antenna. | |
-2 letters: neaten. | |
-3 letters: anent, antae, eaten, enate. | |
-4 letters: anna, anta, ante, etna, naan, nana, neat, nene, teen. | |
-5 letters: ana, ane, ant, ate, eat, eta, nae, nan, nee, net, tae, tan, tea, tee, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-n-n-n-t" | |
+3 letters: centenarian, maintenance. | |
+4 letters: centenarians, maintenances, reannexation. | |
+5 letters: inanimateness, nonacceptance, nonattendance, nonmanagement, nonvegetarian, reannexations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4E 54 45 4E 4E 41 45 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -. - . -. -. .- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01001110 01001110 01000001 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A N T E N N A E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004E 0054 0045 004E 004E 0041 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3548543948483539 |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; |
