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RECEIVING SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set that receives radio or tv signals
Synonyms:
receiver; receiving system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("receiving system" is a kind of...):
set (any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals)
Meronyms (parts of "receiving system"):
aerial; antenna; transmitting aerial (an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals)
radio chassis (a chassis for a radio receiver)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "receiving system"):
direction finder (radio; determines the direction of incoming radio waves)
radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless (an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals)
satellite receiver (a receiver on a communications satellite)
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)
