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Radio

noun

Medium for communication. Synonyms: radiocommunication, wireless.

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

A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves. Synonym: wireless.

verb

Transmit messages via radio waves.

adjective

Indicating radiation or radioactivity.

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"Radio" Quotes from Famous Books

... of hours on the homer unit, which is nothing more than a small radio transmitter. He tuned it to a frequency on the high side of the band used by the homer units in the cache. This was so no one would be likely to inadvertently tune the frequency and get curious. Tuning any of ...

— Jack of No Trades • Charles Cottrell

... explained. The chemical experts have a startling theory. They suspect there is a new element here—probably destined to occupy one of the last unfilled places of the Periodic Table, which chronicles all the elements known to science. Chemical analysis fails to reach the radio-active properties, and for their examination the electroscope and spinthariscope are needful. With these the radio-chemists are at work. The wire melted at a lower temperature than lead, but melting did not destroy its potency. After cooling, the metal retained its properties and was still responsive, ...

— The Grey Room • Eden Phillpotts

... the general conditions of this section, to make off-the-air videotape recordings of daily network newscasts for limited distribution to scholars and researchers for use in research purposes. As such, it is an adjunct to the American Television and Radio Archive established in Section 113 of the Act which will be the principal repository for television broadcast material, including news broadcasts. The inclusion of language indicating that such material ...

— Reproduction of Copyrighted Works By Educators and Librarians • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.

... the lens is the better of the two. For no receiving instrument is required, as in television. The object is built up of an infinite series of plane layers, at the focus of the ray, no matter where that may be. Such a thing would be impossible with radio apparatus because even with the best beam transmission, all but a tiny fraction of the power is lost, and power is required to rebuild the atoms. Do ...

— The Cosmic Express • John Stewart Williamson

... details of Mantell's radio report to Godman Tower. Before he was killed, he described the thing he was chasing—we know that much. Project 'Saucer' gave out a hint, but they've never released the transcript. Here's another lead. See if you can find anything about a secret ...

— The Flying Saucers are Real • Donald Keyhoe

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