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空中線 (くうちゅうせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

空くう中ちゅう線せん

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Meanings

1

Technical term for an antenna, used in radio, television, and telecommunications. More formal than アンテナ.

無む線せん通つう信しんには空くう中ちゅう線せんが不ふ可か欠けつです

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An antenna is essential for wireless communication.

この空くう中ちゅう線せんは高こう感かん度どで遠とおくの電でん波ぱも受じゅ信しんできる。

This antenna is highly sensitive and can receive distant radio waves.

Kanji

空empty, sky, void
中in, inside, middle
線line, track

Related words

アンテナ
アンテナ is the common, everyday word for 'antenna'. 空中線 is a more formal, technical term used in engineering and official contexts.

Built from

空くう中ちゅう+線せん

Etymology

Compound of 空中 (kūchū, 'in the air') and 線 (sen, 'line, wire'), literally 'aerial wire'. The term was coined in the early days of radio technology.