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vər noun
1.
a person or thing that receives.
2.
a device or apparatus that receives electrical signals, waves, or the like, and renders them perceptible to the senses, as the part of a telephone held to the ear, a radio receiving set, or a television receiving set.
3.
Law. a person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a bankrupt business or person or to care for property in litigation.
4.
Commerce. a person appointed to receive money due.
5.
a person who knowingly receives stolen goods for an illegal purpose; a dealer in stolen merchandise.
6.
a device or apparatus for receiving or holding something; receptacle; container.
7.
(in a firearm) the basic metal unit housing the action and to which the barrel and other components are attached.
8.
Chemistry. a vessel for collecting and containing a distillate. See illus. under alembic.
9.
Football. a player on the offensive team who catches, is eligible to catch, or is noted for the ability to catch a forward pass: Jones was the receiver of the first pass thrown. He sent all his receivers downfield.
10.
Baseball. the catcher.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who receives something; recipient |
| 2. | a person appointed by a court to manage property pending the outcome of litigation, during the infancy of the owner, or after the owner(s) has been declared bankrupt or of unsound mind |
| 3. | chiefly (Brit) a person who receives stolen goods knowing that they have been stolen |
| 4. | the equipment in a telephone, radio, or television that receives incoming electrical signals or modulated radio waves and converts them into the original audio or video signals |
| 5. | the part of a telephone containing the earpiece and mouthpiece that is held by the telephone user |
| 6. | the equipment in a radar system, radio telescope, etc, that converts incoming radio signals into a useful form, usually displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope |
| 7. | an obsolete word for receptacle |
| 8. | chem a vessel in which the distillate is collected during distillation |
| 9. | (US) sport a player whose function is to receive the ball, esp a footballer who catches long passes |
| 10. | the metallic frame situated behind the breech of a gun to guide the round into the chamber |
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Science Dictionary
| receiver (rĭ-sē'vər) Pronunciation Key
A device, as in a radio or telephone, that converts incoming radio, microwave, or electrical signals to a form, such as sound or light, that can be perceived by humans. Compare transmitter. |
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Example sentences
To test the device, the team used it as a transmitter rather than a receiver.
The sensor could transmit the pressure reading to a receiver on one's watch that displays the data.
Thus sender and receiver must both have the key, and must both keep it secret.
Four golden crosses are planted in one, to help a radio receiver measure ionospheric absorption.
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