Radio Receiver

Definition: Radio Receiver

Radio Receiver

Noun

1. An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals.

Synonyms: Radio Receiver

Synonyms: radio (n), radio set (n), receiving set (n), tuner (n), wireless (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Radio receiver

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A radio receiver is an electronic device that has decoding circuitry capable of recovering a message or information broadcast by radio.

Some types of radio receiver:

Crystal radio receiver
Regenerative radio receiver (Regenerative circuit)
Superheterodyne receiver
Navigation receiver
Satellite receiver
Telemetry receiver
Teletype receiver
Television receiver
Transistor radio

See also:

Telecommunication
Transmitter

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Radio receiver."

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Crosswords: Radio Receiver

English words defined with "radio receiver": all-mains ♦ crystal set ♦ heterodyne receiver ♦ push-button radio ♦ radio aerial, radio antenna, radio chassis, radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph ♦ skip distance, superhet, superheterodyne receiver ♦ walkie-talkie, walky-talky. (references)

Specialty definitions using "radio receiver": ALARM OPERATOR, angle of arrival ♦ central monitoring position, code division multiple access ♦ data carrier, dummy antenna ♦ fire-alarm dispatcher, Fresnel zone ♦ gain-time control, Global Positioning System ♦ heterodyne frequency, heterodyne whistle, homing adaptor ♦ IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OPERATOR, interrogator-responsor ♦ paging system, panoramic receiver ♦ RADIO-INTELLIGENCE OPERATOR, receiver desensitisation, receiver desensitization, responsor, RIOMETER ♦ sensitivity time control, spurious radiation ♦ time-varied gain, transceiver, transceiver unit, transmitter engineer, TRANSMITTER OPERATOR ♦ Workmen's Compensation Act. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Radio Receiver

Domain	Title
Books	Radio Receiver Design (reference) Radio Receiver Projects You Can Build (reference) The Technician's Radio Receiver Handbook (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Radio Receiver

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Joseph Lushene operating long-wave radio receiver Attempting to receive time ticks Astro party of Joseph Lushene.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
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Expression: Radio Receiver

Expression using "radio receiver": radio receiver and transmitter. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Radio Receiver

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
radio receiver	41
shortwave radio receiver	7
conversion direct ham radio receiver	7
short wave radio receiver	3
ham radio receiver	3
radio receiver regenerative	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Radio Receiver

Language		Translations for "radio receiver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏جهاز إستقبال (sensor). (various references)

French		récepteur de radio. (various references)

German		rundfunkempfänger (broadcast receiver, n., radio, radio set, wireless, wireless receiver, wireless set). (various references)

Hungarian		adó-vevõ rádióállomás (radio receiver and transmitter). (various references)

Italian		destinatario (acceptor, actual recipient, addressee, consignee, receiver, receiving entity, recipient). (various references)

Pig Latin		adioray eceiverray.(various references)

Russian		радиоприемник (receiver, receiving set, receiving-set, wireless set). (various references)

Ukranian		радіоприймач (radio, receiver, receptor, wireless), приймаюча радіостанція. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Radio Receiver

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-i-i-o-r-r-r-v"
	-4 letters: recarried, recovered, recoverer.
	-5 letters: careered, careerer, coderive, codriver, deceiver, derriere, divorcee, divorcer, drearier, overdare, overdear, override, received, receiver, recorder, rerecord, revoiced, verderer, verderor.
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