OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 725

radio

/ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
radio
The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
send a message by radio
radio • radiorreceptor
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.
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.
radiotransmisor
A device that can transmit radio signals.
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