receiver : Idioms & Phrases

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continuous receiver watch

  • noun a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch
    listening watch.
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Exhausted receiver

  • (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.
Webster 1913

heterodyne receiver

  • noun a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified
    superhet; heterodyne receiver.
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pass receiver

  • noun a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
    pass catcher; receiver.
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radio receiver

  • noun an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
    receiving set; wireless; radio; tuner; radio set.
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receiver-creditor relation

  • noun the responsibility of receiver or trustee in bankruptcy to act in the best interests of the creditor
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satellite receiver

  • noun a receiver on a communications satellite
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superheterodyne receiver

  • noun a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified
    superhet; heterodyne receiver.
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telephone receiver

  • noun earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
    receiver.
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television receiver

  • noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
    goggle box; television; boob tube; tv; tv set; telly; idiot box; television set.
    • the British call a tv set a telly
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