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A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
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(countable) A television set that is capable of handling such signals.
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(radio) A switch allows one to select which antenna to use with a transmitter, receiver, or transceiver
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(physics) A hypothetical device, used in thought experiments on causality, that could be used to send signals into one's own past.
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(CB radio) Perfectly clear reception.
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(television, telecommunications) Electronic device that, installed in a sample of households, automatically records the television channel and consumption of the family or its individual members.
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(radio) A wireless communications station installed at a fixed location and used to communicate as part of a two-way radio system or wireless telephone system.
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Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.
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(telecommunications) The accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network.
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(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to identify the broadcasting network or cable channel.
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(telecommunications) A person who uses a C-band television receive-only (TVRO) system for viewing television.
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Radio received through coaxial cables.
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Initialism of cable television. [Television received through coaxial cables; specifically, a TV service that provides reception to suburbs or other residential areas through utility lines and offering a wide variety of TV channels through satellite reception.]
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(radio) A radio transceiver capable of operating on the band designated for this system.
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(telecommunications) The use of encryption when broadcasting television signals.
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(television) A video signal without added graphics or text.
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A system of television cameras, connected by cable to a control room, used for surveillance.
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(historical) A radio mounted in a cabinet.
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(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
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(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
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(television) A circuit or device that modifies a video signal to make the picture look more crisp.
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The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.
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(radio) A digital repeater.
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A set-top box that processes digital signals for an analogue television set.
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(countable) A television set that is capable of handling such signals.
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An inexpensive, high-quality video format used by both consumers and professionals.
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(broadcasting) A passive device that implements frequency domain multiplexing.
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(television) a television satellite that broadcasts directly to the final recipient/viewer, to a home satellite dish.
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(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
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An electronic device for playing DVDs.
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(radio) to receive and identify a long-distance broadcast, such as one by a distant AM, FM, or TV broadcast station
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The provision of personal guidance and assistance to ham radio enthusiasts
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A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
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Alternative spelling of free to air [(of a television or radio broadcast) Transmitted without encryption.]
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A cable TV control centre, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
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(countable) A television or display device displaying images in an enhanced picture quality format or such images.
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(countable) A television set that employs such a system
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(dated) A telegraph operator.
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(CB radio slang) A particularly crowded portion of the 20-meter band.
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A facility established to monitor radio and microwave signals and analyse their content to secure information and intelligence for use by the security and diplomatic community and others.
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A law stating the relationship between the height of an antenna and the maximum signalling distance in radio transmission.
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A dedicated software application or hardware device for playback of audiovisual media in the home.
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(broadcasting, of a voice) Suitable for use with a microphone (and thus for broadcasting)
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(CB radio slang) A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
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(Internet) A small web site.
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A radio antenna designed to be used on just one radio frequency band, typically used by radio amateurs.
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(telecommunications) A character code represented by dots and dashes (or short and long pulses), originally used to send messages by telegraph, later by flashes of light or by radio.
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An electronic device for playing digital audio files in the MP3 format (and, in many cases, also files in some other formats and/or including a radio function).
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(television) a grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium
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Communication over very short distances, as by contact or near contact of electronic devices.
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A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a network, especially over the Internet.
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On a transmitted carrier wave.
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A digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.
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An enhanced version of the PAL TV system capable of transmitting pictures in the 16:9 widescreen format.
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(television) A feature of some television receivers and similar devices, where one program or channel is displayed on the full TV screen while another is displayed in an inset window.
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Broadcasting without having the necessary license that covers the territory where the signals are received.
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A scanner that is tuned to receive the frequencies used by police for their communications.
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(CB radio slang) A radio enthusiast who operates on very little power.
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A bureau through which QSL cards can be exchanged, usually run by a national amateur radio organisation.
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(transitive, intransitive, radio slang) To communicate (with) by means of amateur radio.
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(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
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An early form of radio direction finder that used commercial radio stations
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The location of a radio transmitter by taking bearings from two receivers.
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The systematic listening to, and reporting of, foreign radio transmissions in order to gather intelligence.
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Alternative form of radionavigation [Radio navigation; navigation using radio signals to provide positional information.]
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(nautical) The person, on board ship, who sends and receives radio messages
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Alternative form of radiopill [A small capsule containing a transmitter, introduced into the body for purposes of radiotelemetry.]
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The receiving of radio signals
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A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands).
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The use of radio tags to track the location of objects (especially of animals)
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A tower or mast containing one or more antennas to transmit radio signals
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A collar, fitted with a small radio transmitter, that allows the wearer to be tracked
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(uncountable) The act of broadcasting by radio; transmission.
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The acquisition of a brand image by a radio station
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Alternative form of radio modem [A wireless modem]
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Describing sound effects created to accompany radio broadcasts as background music.
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A photograph transmitted using radio; an early form of facsimile
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A sport combining radio direction finding and orienteering; transmitter hunt.
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Alternative form of radio-tag [(transitive) To fit (an object) with a radio tag.]
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To communicate or transmit by wireless telegraphy.
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(US, dated, rare) A store that sells radios.
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(Internet) Any of several devices that augment access to Internet radio sites
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The tracking of the movements of animals by means of an attached radio transmitter.
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Transmission or sending a radio signal from a radio transmitter.
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(dated) A technician who builds or repairs radios.
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Alternative letter-case form of rake receiver. [A radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading, using several sub-receivers called fingers that independently decode individual multipath components; they are recombined at a later stage.]
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(uncountable) A means of operating a device from a distance.
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The science of how materials and information flow from the raw state though manufacturing, inventory management, marketing, and distribution.
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(CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals.
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A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
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the use of signals in communications, especially the sending of signals in telecommunications
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A ham radio operator who has died.
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(radio) skywave propagation
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(telecommunications) A radio that creates and receives radio signals through software controlled DSPs (digital signal processors) with ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) and DACs (digital-to-analog converters).
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(television) A system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television (720p, 1080i, 1080p, 1440p, 4K UHDTV, and 8K UHD) or enhanced-definition television (EDTV 480p).
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(chiefly Britain, informal) Radio (sound broadcasting), considered as old-fashioned compared to television.
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(uncountable, telecommunications) a transmission band used in cable television in Europe
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The hobby of listening to shortwave radio broadcasts.
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(US, military) A system of survivable communications links designed to relay signals between decision-makers and weapon delivery systems in the event of nuclear war.
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(informal) A Fender Telecaster electric guitar.
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(historical) An instrument for telegraphically transmitting and receiving handwritten messages, as photographically by a beam of light from a mirror.
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A command transmitted to a device.
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Alternative form of telecommunication [(uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.]
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(dated) A proposed device combining the functions of computer and television.
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(meteorology) connected by a teleconnection
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Remote control by means of a telecontroller.
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By means of a telegram.
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(historical) A telegraph operator, one who sent telegrams.
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The terse, abbreviated writing style used in or as used in telegraph messages; speech that resembles this.
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In the concise style of a telegraph.
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(transitive) To manipulate remotely by means of a telemanipulator.
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By means of telematics.
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A system allowing a mechanism to be operated from a distance.
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(transitive) To transmit by telemetry.
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telemetric technology; the use of telemetry
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(dated) A photograph transmitted by wire.
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(computing, dated, rare) Any computer program acquired as telesoftware.
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One who works in teleradiology.
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A means of electronically transmitting radiographic patient images and consultative text from location to another.
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The intelligent planning of the means to achieve a desired end.
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(dated) Using sound over a distance.
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The transmission of data over a telecommunication system or network.
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(countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
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A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
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A television; an electronic device that receives television signals, and displays the resulting images on a screen.
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A teletype device connected to such a network.
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A radio transceiver that was alleged to have been invented by Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla for the purpose of communicating with extraterrestrial life.
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(UK, television) A proposed system whereby part of the television licence fee would be used to fund the rollout of superfast broadband.
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A combined radio transmitter and receiver.
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(dated, informal) A transistor radio.
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(dated) A small portable radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.
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An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
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A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.
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(amateur radio) Tropospheric propagation.
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Of a two-way radio system: using a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.
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teletypewriter (originally), or a text display device, as used by the deaf to read voice communication converted to text by a communication assistant device (CA).
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(Canada, US, colloquial) A television. Compare cathode ray tube and picture tube.
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(computing) A hardware component that allows a computer to receive television signals.
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Abbreviation of videocassette recorder. [An electronic device for recording and playing back television programs and movies (featuring visual images and sound) on a videocassette that can be attached to a television set.]
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(telegraphy) A form of Morse code used to encode Japanese-language messages written in kana for transmission via telegram.
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A portable, bi-directional radio transceiver, usually as a pair.
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