RECEIVING SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)