radio meaning
[ 'reidiəu ] Pronunciation: "radio" in a sentence
Noun: radio 'reydee`ow
- Medium for communication
- radiocommunication, wireless - An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
- radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, tuner, wireless - A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
- wireless
- Transmit messages via radio waves
"he radioed for help"
- Indicating radiation or radioactivity
Derived forms: radioes, radioing, radios, radioed
See also: radiant energy
Type of: broadcasting, communicate, communication system, intercommunicate, receiver, receiving system
Part of: radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph
Encyclopedia: Radio Radio, Radio
[Electronics]
1. Wireless electrical communication, i.e., by means of electromagnetic waves.
2. See RADIO RECEIVER.
3. See RADIO TRANSCEIVER.
4. See RADIO TRANSMITTER.
5. To communicate by radio.
[Medicine]
The transmission and reception of electric impulses or signals by means of electric waves without a connecting wire,or the use of these waves for the wireless transmission of electric impulses into which sound is converted. (From Webster's 3d)
[Computer]
<hardware> (RFID) Small radio transponders or "tags" designed to be attached to items like products in a supermarket to allow the items to be identified and tracked by a remote system. Typically an RFID tag includes an integrated circuit that stores data and interfaces to the antenna, allowing the stored data to be retrieved by the remote system.
Examples
More: Next- i could hear music playing on the radio.
- he is recording music from the radio.
- he manipulated the frequency dial of the radio.
- do you prefer radio or television?
- a radio was installed on the platform.