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RADIO RECEIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does radio receiver mean? 

RADIO RECEIVER (noun)
  The noun RADIO RECEIVER has 1 sense:

1. an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signalsplay

  Familiarity information: RADIO RECEIVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RADIO RECEIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless

Hypernyms ("radio receiver" is a kind of...):

receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)

Meronyms (parts of "radio receiver"):

amplifier (electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it)

detector (electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity)

demodulator; detector (rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radio receiver"):

clock radio (a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically)

crystal set (an early radio receiver using a crystal detector)

heterodyne receiver; superhet; superheterodyne receiver (a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified)

push-button radio (a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons)

Holonyms ("radio receiver" is a part of...):

radio; wireless (a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves)

radio-gramophone; radio-phonograph (electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player)


 Context examples 


A small wireless radio receiver designed to be carried by a person, to give an indication when activated by the reception of a radio signal containing its specific code, and to display a short messages in a text-only format.

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