Receiving Set

Definition: Receiving Set

Receiving Set

Noun

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

Domain	Definitions
Electrical Engineering	A device which transforms a varying electrical signal into sound waves or other usable form. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Receiving Set

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

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Electronics Warfare Technician 2nd Class William D. Ellis works on the countermeasures receiving set on board Decatur, during operations in the Western Pacific, 16 December 1976. Photographed by PHC Ken George.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "receiving set": wireless receiving set. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "receiving set"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		radiomarrës, marrës (addressee, getter, indorsee, receiver, recipient). (various references)

Bulgarian		радиоприемник (radio, wireless set). (various references)

Danish		modtager (actual recipient, addressee, banksman, cager, consignee, grantee, lander, radio transmitter, receiver, receiving entity, recipient, top cager). (various references)

Dutch		ontvangtoestel (receiver), ontvanger (accepting SS-user, accepting station, acceptor, actual recipient, conductor, consignee, nurse, receiver, receiving entity, receiving station, recepting animal, recipient, transmitting). (various references)

Finnish		vastaanottaja (actual recipient, addressee, consignee, nurse, receiver, receiving entity, receiving medium, recepting animal, recipient). (various references)

French		récepteur (cell receptor, glass receiver, receiver, receiver terminal, receiving entity, receptor, respondent, signal receiver, signaling receiver, signalling receiver), poste émetteur (receiving station). (various references)

German		Empfangsgerät (receiver, receiver terminal). (various references)

Greek		δέκτης (receiver, receiving entity, receptor, signal receiver, signaling receiver, signalling receiver). (various references)

Hungarian		vevőkészülék (receiver). (various references)

Italian		ricevitore (actual recipient, catcher, glass receiver, receiver, receiving entity, recipient, scoop, trough). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		受信装置 (receiver, receiving apparatus). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		じゅし�"そうち (receiver, receiving apparatus). (various references)

Pig Latin		eceivingray etsay

Portuguese		receptor (earphone, earring, receiver, receiving entity, receptor, recipient, signal receiver, signaling receiver, signalling receiver). (various references)

Romanian		aparat de radio (radio, wireless set). (various references)

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

Serbo-Croatian		radioprijemnik. (various references)

Spanish		receptor (cell receptor, checker, collector, glass receiver, pickup, receiver, receiving entity, receptor, receptor site, recipient, scoop, signal receiver, signaling receiver, signalling receiver, trough). (various references)

Swedish		radioapparat (radio set, wireless set), mottagare (actual recipient, addressee, consignee, receipt, receiver, receiving entity, recipient, tailsman). (various references)

Turkish		alıcı (accepter, acceptor, addressee, buyer, client, consignee, consumer, customer, distributee, pickup, purchaser, receiver, recipient, set, sounder, taker, vendee, wireless receiving set, wireless set), ahize (handset, receiver, transmitter). (various references)

Turkmen		radionpryomnik (r). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-i-i-n-r-s-t-v"
	-1 letter: vicegerents.
	-2 letters: energetics, vertigines, vicegerent, vicereines.
	-3 letters: energetic, genitives, gentrices, greeniest, ingestive, receiving, regencies, reignites, reincites, reinvites, resecting, revesting, scrieving, secreting, secretive, servicing, vergences, vicereine, virescent.
	-4 letters: citrines, cresting, crinites, egestive, energies, energise, enticers, erecting, erective, eternise, everting, evictees, evicting, generics, genetics, genitive, gentrice, gentries, greenest, greenies, igniters, inciters, integers, invitees, inviters, nerviest, niceties, niteries, receives, reciting, reesting, reignite, reincite, reinvest, reinvite, reseeing, resiting, revenges, revising, riveting, scriving, secretin, severing, sirvente, steering, steeving, stingier, striving, teensier, veiniest, veneries, vergence, veristic, verities, vertices, vineries, vitrines.
	-5 letters: centers, centres, cerites, cervine, cistern, citrine, citrins, cretins, cringes, crinite, eeriest, eirenic, enteric, enticer, entices, entires, entrees, entries, enviers, eristic, eserine, eveners, evenest, evictee, evinces, eviting, generic, genetic, gerents, greenie, greisen, grieves, grivets, igniter, ignites, inciter, incites, integer, inverse, inverts, invitee, inviter, invites, irenics, neritic, niterie, receive, recites, reeving, regents, regiven, regives, reiving, reneges, resting, restive, retenes, retines, revenge, revisit, scrieve, secrete, sericin, service, serving, sienite, sieving, sincere, stinger, striven, teeners, teenier, tenrecs, tensive, tierces, tiering, treeing, tricing, trienes, veeries, veering, veiners, veinier, veneers, venires, venters, veriest, verites, versine, versing, vestige, vesting, viniest, virgins, viseing, visiter, vitrics, vitrine.
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