Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Porcellio scaber 32 48.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of theantenna of Philoscia muscorum 29 45.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Trichoniscus roseus 24 40.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Armadillidium pulchellum 42 59.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Armadillidium nasatum 40 57.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Trischoniscoides albidus 25 41.
Flagellum and last peduncular joint of the antenna of Haplophthalmus danicus 27 43.
The long antennawhich is folded backward and reaches to the rear part of the head, occupies an air space in its apical half, and in addition is covered by fine hairs, thus being doubly protected from being wetted.
The cricket still preserved the same immobility; its executioner seized it by an antenna and drew it anew to the entrance of the hole.
It soon returns with a cricket it has seized, holding it by one antenna which it turns round in its jaws.
With this it is possible to pick up a loose antenna and place it wherever it is desired.
The shellac used in replacing a missing antenna should be of a thickish consistency; in repairing wings it should be well thinned down with alcohol.
As soon as the antennæ, which contain the organ of smell, are removed from these flies they cease to lay, while other more severe operations, or removal of one antenna only does not produce this result.
It was connected to a powerful transmitting-and-receiving apparatus, served by a huge radio-telescope antenna mounted atop the communications building.
A power plant and radio antennawere set up and the installation was finally completed.
Then it stopped abruptly and swiveled around, one of its antenna arms knocking a Bunsen burner to the floor as it did so.
Meanwhile, a powerful transmitter and directional antenna had been set up at the hillside spot.
A radio antenna would certainly be needed, to receive or transmit signals at a distance.
He patted theantenna box absently, feeling its solidity, and he sat down cross-legged before the footprints and the beaks and the legs.
Alan steadied the ladder while Kurt tightened the wing nuts on the antenna mounting atop the synagogue's roof.
When the wireless operator wishes to send a message to another station he "listens in," as it is called, by connecting his receiving apparatus with the adjacent antenna and the ground.
For temporary service, as in the case of military operations, the antenna is frequently attached to captive balloons or kites, and so suspended high in air.
One is to insert a hot-wire current meter between the antenna and the inductance, which indicates the strength of the oscillatory current that has been established.
The antenna has electrical capacity, and when it is connected with the other apparatus needful to produce the oscillations it disturbs the earth's magnetic field.
The larger the antenna the longer will be the wave length and the greater the power of the apparatus.
The great shipping lines established wireless stations on their vessels, and the antenna were soon to be seen on points of vantage along every coast.
Filiform, when the whole antennais simple or thread-like.
The telegraph sending keys, field and battery switch, dry battery, variometer and antenna reel are the only units included inside the fuselage.
The broken impulse from the electrical generators behind the tube was sent through the tube to be flung off from the antenna into space in the dots and dashes of the international code.
The antenna was strung from top to bottom of the tree on the side away from the path, and there was nothing to differentiate the box from an ordinary wire telephone set, except that it was slightly larger.
The receiving antenna is wound on a square frame, and when the signals are received at their maximum strength, we know that the frame is in a practically straight line with the sending station we're after.
Gradually we draw the net tighter until we find the antenna belonging to the offender, and then--well, we make him wish he hadn't tried to fool the government.
A ground wire was connected at b, and an antenna at c, as before.
Beyond this opening the two men saw another smaller cavern, with a beetle guard standing on either side, antenna waving.
I could sit down for ever, and--" But Jimmy Dodd rose to his feet as a pair of antenna whipped round his neck and jerked him bodily upward.
The two strode hastily toward the assemblage, and stopped as the antenna of their guards came down in menacing fashion.
The shell broke, and the hideous head and foldedantenna of a beetle appeared.
The monster dropped upon its back and lay there, unable to reverse itself, its antenna and forelegs waving in the air, and the rear legs rasping together in a shrill, strident shriek.
The antenna shot forth, coiled around his neck, and hurled him a dozen feet to the ground, where he lay stunned for a moment before arising and rejoining his companions.
Milling in an uneasy mob, they cowered under the lashes of the antenna of the beetle guards, which sacrificed their backs through their hair garments whenever any of them tried to bolt.
The free end of the antenna is covered by a cap of tissue like that of the rings.
Sense organs and nerves attached from antenna of Peripatus capensis (Zeiss, immersion 2, oc.
The antenna for our long-range transmitter was outside the Dome.
One of the worms came by and chewed the antennaright off.
The transmitter, batteries, and antennawere molded into a collar of acrylic weighing 11 ounces (Mech et al.
In this instance the whole equipment is carried upon a single vehicle, while the antenna is stowed upon the roof and can be raised or lowered within a few seconds.
In this manner an antenna from 40 to 50 feet in height may be obtained.
With the antenna fixed at a right angle to the direction of the ship's flight, the signal was fairly constant.
After making a careful mark on the setting circle, Jason turned the receiving antenna through one hundred eighty degrees of arc.
I need a spot for the antenna where there will be no dense metal in front of the bowl to interfere with the signal.
A dish-shaped antenna pulled in the signal for the delicately balanced detector.
A fixed-frequency job broadcasting on a directional beam was about the only thing that could cover distance, and that required a little technical know-how to set up the antenna and focus it on Base Alpha.
Despite his intelligence, the native could no more assemble a directional antenna than spread pink wings and fly.
His mistake is a natural one, for the Mercurians used their antennaas extra arms.
What Mr. Bond continually refers to in his narrative as "upper arms" were really the antennaof the insects which split at the end into four flexible appendages resembling fingers.
Mayer, experimenting with the feathered antenna of the male mosquito, found that some of the hairs were thrown into vigorous vibration when a note with 512 vibrations per second was sounded.
Perhaps the sound affects one antennamore than the other.
Beneath the basal portion of each antenna there is a flat plate-like projection, at the base of which on the upper edge will be noted a small opening, the exit of the kidney, or green gland.
Several authors have found reason to suppose that in the Insect-antenna resides the sense of hearing, but no evidence worth the name is forthcoming in favour of this view.
A flexible membrane unites the antenna to the margin of the socket, from the lower part of which a chitinous pin projects upwards and supports the basal joint.
Base of Antenna of Male (to left) and Female (to right).
Some writers have suggested that both pairs may be present in Insects, though not simultaneously, the Crustacean antennule being found in the larva, and the Crustacean antenna in the adult.
Much better support can be found for the belief that the antenna is an olfactory organ,[52] and some experiments which seem conclusive on this point will be cited in a later chapter.
Antenna shorter than the body, | Antenna rather longer than the third joint longer than | the body, the third joint the second.
Cornelius says that the round white spot internal to the antenna first appears plainly in the pupa, but we have readily found it in a very young larva.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "antenna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
