Synonyms

dish antenna

American

[dish-an-ten-uh] / ˈdɪʃ ænˌtɛn ə /

noun

plural

dish antennas

Telecommunications. a round, concave antenna for receiving electromagnetic waves; an antenna shaped like a shallow dish; satellite dish.

dish antenna Scientific

/ dĭsh /

See parabolic antenna

Example Sentences

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July 12, when NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge beamed the song via a 112-foot-wide radio dish antenna near Barstow, Calif.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024

On Wednesday, NASA’s Deep Space Network sent a new command in hopes of repointing the antenna, using the highest powered transmitter at the huge radio dish antenna in Australia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

This type of system works a little differently than Starlink: A customer’s small dish antenna listens to and talks with the geostationary Kacific1 satellite.

From Scientific American • Mar. 18, 2022

Figure 24.2 The electromagnetic waves sent and received by this 50-foot radar dish antenna at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are not visible, but help track expendable launch vehicles with high-definition imagery.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Baby Kochamma had installed a dish antenna on the roof of the Ayemenem house.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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