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  1. crystal sets: Merriam-Webster
  2. crystal sets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. crystal sets: Vocabulary.com
  4. crystal sets: Wiktionary
  5. Crystal sets: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Crystal sets: Encyclopedia

(Note: See crystal_set as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (crystal set)

noun:  (electronics) An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.
▸ Also see crystal_set


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