Receiver
[rɪ'siːvə] or [rɪ'sivɚ]
Definition
(noun.) set that receives radio or tv signals.
(noun.) a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass.
(noun.) the tennis player who receives the serve.
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Definition
(n.) One who takes or receives in any manner.
(n.) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.
(n.) One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.
(n.) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation.
(n.) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.
(n.) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
(n.) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
(n.) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
(n.) That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Recipient.[2]. Receptacle.
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Examples
- A generator containing a strong solution of ammonia is connected by a pipe to an empty receiver immersed in cold water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But in this evaporation great cold is produced and the water in the receiver is soon frozen. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The telephone receiver was held on the head with a spring, the flexible connecting wire being attached to the lap board, thus leaving the operator with both hands free. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With the judges, a group of famous scientific men, and the Emperor’s suite for audience, Bell went to the transmitter at the other end of the wire, while Dom Pedro put the receiver to his ear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In February of 1897 the receiver sold the three Field patents to their original owner, and he in turn sold them to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The young man listened a few minutes, and then handed the receiver to his assistant. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- When one talks into a receiver, _L_, the voice throws into vibration a sensitive iron plate standing before an electromagnet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He has the telephone receiver attached to his ears. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If the collector himself should become bankrupt, the parish which elects him must answer for his conduct to the receiver-general of the election. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The pressure inside the bottle therefore quickly becomes equal to that of the receiver, and the water ceases to flow through the tap, until some of the air is allowed to escape. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- What is the receiver? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The chalk telephone was finally discarded in favor of the Bell receiver--the latter being more simple and cheaper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We then bought at a receiver's sale at Harrison, New Jersey, a very large brick factory building which had been used as an oil-cloth works. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The hammer G and platinum strip F were connected to the opposite ends of a wire, which had in its circuit a battery and a receiver. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the next place, we must not let them be receivers of gifts or lovers of money. Plato. The Republic.
- In Egypt the temples or Pharaoh-the-god or the nobles under Pharaoh were the owners and rent receivers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For receiving signals I locate in said circuit between the condensing surface and the ground a diaphragm sounder, which is preferably one of my electromotograph telephone receivers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I made six of these receivers and sent them in charge of an expert on the first steamer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Methods of tuning the instruments have been adopted which limit the influence of the currents to properly tuned receivers and in this way some degree of secrecy is attained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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