detector coil — receiver c … Medical dictionary
Receiver (radio) — This article is about a radio receiver, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation). A radio receiver is an electronic circuit that receives its input from an antenna, uses electronic filters to separate a wanted radio signal from all other signals … Wikipedia
Detector (radio) — Passband modulation v · d · e Analog modulation AM · … Wikipedia
detector — /di tek teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that detects. 2. a device for detecting smoke, fire, or some other hazardous condition. 3. a device for detecting the presence of metal, contraband, or other items that might be hidden or concealed. 4.… … Universalium
detector van — noun A vehicle, equipped with electronic instrumentation that can detect the oscillator of a domestic television; used by the licensing authority to check that a household with no TV licence does not have a television receiver Syn: television… … Wiktionary
detector — de•tec•tor [[t]dɪˈtɛk tər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing that detects 2) cvb any of various devices for detecting and registering the presence of or a change in something 3) tgp a) a device for detecting electric oscillations or waves b) elo a… … From formal English to slang
receiver coil — a radiofrequency coil that can receive radio frequency transmissions. Called also detector c … Medical dictionary
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Superheterodyne receiver — A 5 tube superheterodyne receiver made in Japan around 1955 In electronics, a superheterodyne receiver (sometimes shortened to superhet) uses frequency mixing or heterodyning to convert a received signal to a fixed intermediate frequency, which… … Wikipedia
Radar detector — A radar detector, sometimes called a fuzz buster, is a passive electronic device used by motorists to determine if their speed is being monitored by law enforcement agencies via a radar unit, and thereby, potentially avoiding prosecution for… … Wikipedia