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radio receiver

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"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

In this instance, fault protection assumed the radio receiver was broken and switched to the backup.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2017

That was so they wouldn’t get in trouble if anyone with a radio receiver overheard them casually chatting to each other in the air!

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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