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Squarial, n. temporary.|ˈskwɛərɪəl|
Also squarial and (in early use) squaerial.
[Blend of square a. and aerial n.]
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 Dec. 1990, and production of the aerial ceased.
1988Daily 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. 1988Broadcast 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. 1989Times 16 Feb. 3/1 More than a million British homes will have dishes or ‘squarials’ by the end of 1989. 1989Independent 20 July 1 British Satellite Broadcasting admitted that the ‘squarial’ satellite TV receiver featured in its advertising may never see the light of day. 1990Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 19/4 [He] has secreted his BSB squarial on a rear chimney. |