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DISH AERIAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dish aerial mean?

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

1. directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

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

Dictionary entry details

• DISH AERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dish aerial; dish antenna; saucer; dish

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

directional antenna (an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle)

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

scanner (a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a broad area)

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

microwave radar; radar; radio detection and ranging; radiolocation (measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects)

radio reflector; radio telescope (astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extraterrestrial sources)

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