Squarialn.

Brit.

/ˈskwɛːrɪəl/, U.S.

/ˈskwɛriəl/

Forms: Also squarial and (in early use) squaerial.

Etymology: Blend of square adj. and aerial n.

temporary.

A proprietary name for a type of diamond-shaped dish aerial for receiving satellite television broadcasts.The company that produced the aerials, British Satellite Broadcasting, merged with Sky Television in December 1990, and production of the aerial ceased.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > satellite

television satellite1952

TV satellite1957

satellite dish1962

direct broadcasting by satellite1977

DBS1981

Squarial1988

1988 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 4/4 British Satellite Broadcasting..has exclusive rights to the ‘squaerial’... Flat and diamond-shaped, the 12-inch aerial can be fixed to the wall of a house.

1988 Broadcast 2 Sept. 12/3 The fanfare which surrounded BSB's launch of the ‘squarial’ last month has been dulled by allegations..that the square receiving dish may never appear as a working product.

1989 Times 16 Feb. 3/1 More than a million British homes will have dishes or ‘squarials’ by the end of 1989.

1989 Independent 20 July 1 British Satellite Broadcasting admitted that the ‘squarial’ satellite TV receiver featured in its advertising may never see the light of day.

1990 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 19/4 [He] has secreted his BSB squarial on a rear chimney.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	squarial
释义	Squarialn. Brit. /ˈskwɛːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˈskwɛriəl/ Forms: Also squarial and (in early use) squaerial. Etymology: Blend of square adj. and aerial n. temporary. A proprietary name for a type of diamond-shaped dish aerial for receiving satellite television broadcasts.The company that produced the aerials, British Satellite Broadcasting, merged with Sky Television in December 1990, and production of the aerial ceased. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > satellite television satellite1952 TV satellite1957 satellite dish1962 direct broadcasting by satellite1977 DBS1981 Squarial1988 1988 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 4/4 British Satellite Broadcasting..has exclusive rights to the ‘squaerial’... Flat and diamond-shaped, the 12-inch aerial can be fixed to the wall of a house. 1988 Broadcast 2 Sept. 12/3 The fanfare which surrounded BSB's launch of the ‘squarial’ last month has been dulled by allegations..that the square receiving dish may never appear as a working product. 1989 Times 16 Feb. 3/1 More than a million British homes will have dishes or ‘squarials’ by the end of 1989. 1989 Independent 20 July 1 British Satellite Broadcasting admitted that the ‘squarial’ satellite TV receiver featured in its advertising may never see the light of day. 1990 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 19/4 [He] has secreted his BSB squarial on a rear chimney. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988
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