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приёмник — meaning in English

priyomnik

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English meaning

  • receiver noun A person or thing that receives something.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
  • transistor noun A small semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals.

Senses

приёмник is used for these senses in English:

  • receiver Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.]
  • set A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
  • transistor (dated, informal) A transistor radio.

receiver — full definition

  1. noun A person or thing that receives something.
  2. noun An electronic device that picks up broadcast signals, or the earpiece of a phone.
  3. noun A person appointed to manage the assets of a company going through bankruptcy.
  4. noun In American football, a player whose job is to catch passes.

set — full definition

  1. verb To put something in a particular place or position.
  2. verb To fix or establish a time, rule, or level.
  3. verb To become solid or firm.
  4. verb To go down below the horizon, of the sun or moon.
  5. noun A group of matching or related things.

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