Radio

Definitions

1. The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
   uncountable
2. A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
   countable
3. Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.
   countable
4. A device that can transmit radio signals.
   countable
5. The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
   Internet, uncountable

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Examples

“send⟳ a message by radio”

“We heard a lovely song on the radio.”

“She was listening to the radio when he knocked on the door.”

“David Bowie's classic hit Space Oddity will be looping on the radio as the car is hurled into an elliptical orbit that stretches out to Mars' orbit around the Sun.”

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