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Receiving set   /rəsˈivɪŋ sɛt/   Listen
Receiving set

noun
1.
An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals.  Synonyms: radio, radio receiver, radio set, tuner, wireless.






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"Receiving set" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pelton's office. The store owner was still lying motionless on his stretcher. Claire was fiddling with a telecast receiving set; she had just tuned out a lecture on Home Beautifications and had gotten the mid-section of a serial in which three couples were somewhat confused over just who was married ...
— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

... as simple as possible. Six new dry cells were to be taken to provide current. Then there were a spark-gap, a spark-coil, a key, and a detector, with the receiving set, switch, and aerial. To be sure, the entire aerial was not packed, but merely the wires and insulators, as spreaders could be made in the forest. Then there was an additional coil of wire to be used for lead-in and suspension wires. ...
— The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol - The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol • Lewis E. Theiss

... you our interest in this great subject. We are fortunate to have this year a pupil who, though yet a freshman, has shown an unusual grasp of the technicalities of radio. I am going to ask Mr. William Brown to explain briefly some of the methods employed in building, or selecting, a radio receiving set, such as those he has been engaged in making here at the school. His associate, Mr. Augustus Grier, who is an artist, in mechanical matters at least, will aid ...
— Radio Boys Loyalty - Bill Brown Listens In • Wayne Whipple



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