radio receiver

British  

noun

1. an apparatus that receives incoming modulated radio waves and converts them into sound

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Example Sentences

"It illuminates the bee, then pings back a higher frequency signal, which we can locate with another radio receiver," said Associate Prof of Engineering Science Chris Stevens.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

One Christmas, he made his father a crystal radio receiver set that the folks at home said was at least as good as anything that Atwater Kent or Stromberg-Carlson had on the market.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

In turn, a small membrane vibrated according to voices in the U.S. ambassador’s office, which were then retransmitted to the external radio receiver.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2019

A radio receiver tuned to have the same resonant frequency as the carrier wave can pick up the signal, while rejecting the many other frequencies impinging on its antenna.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

By 1922, ten million American households owned a radio receiver - up from just sixty thousand in 1919 - many of which were homemade ‘crystal’ sets.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall