dish antenna
noun
a round, concave antenna for receiving electromagnetic waves; an antenna shaped like a shallow dish; satellite dish.
dish antennas
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pluralof dish antenna.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Built between 1973 and 1981, the VLA comprises 28 large, 25m diameter, dish antennas spaced out across a desert plain.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
In 2020 the company also sent Washington State seven terminals, small dish antennas that communicate with Starlink satellites in orbit, to use during wildfire season for free.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 18, 2022
The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is owned by the California Institute of Technology and has large dish antennas used for radio astronomy and astrophysics research.
From Fox News ● Feb. 17, 2022
Both Starlink and Kuiper rely on individual customers buying personal dish antennas, in order to get connectivity from the satellites orbiting above them.
From The Verge ● Oct. 26, 2021
This technology is more compact than alternatives such as dish antennas, says Smith.
From Nature ● Aug. 7, 2013
