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Meaning of crystal set | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Detektorempfänger Detektorradio
Español radio a galena
Suomi kideradio
Français poste à galène poste de radio à cristal récepteur à cristal
Italiano radio a galena
Nederlands kristalontvanger
Português rádio de galena
Русский дете́кторный приёмник

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

crystal sphere crystal stone crystal system crystal twinning crystal violet crystal-gazer

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