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Radio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • radio noun The technology of sending sound over distances using electromagnetic waves, or the broadcasting medium built on it.
  • wireless adj Not connected by physical wires or cables.

Senses

Radio is used for these senses in English:

  • radio (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
  • radio (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
  • wireless Not having any wires.
  • wireless Functioning without an external wired connection

radio — full definition

  1. noun The technology of sending sound over distances using electromagnetic waves, or the broadcasting medium built on it.
  2. noun A device that receives and plays these broadcasts.
  3. verb To send a message using two-way radio equipment.

wireless — full definition

  1. adj Not connected by physical wires or cables.
  2. noun Radio, or a radio receiver — especially in older British usage.

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