telephone receiver meaning

• Noun: telephone receiver  'telu`fown ri'seevu(r)
  1. Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
     - receiver

  Derived forms: telephone receivers

  Type of: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone

  Part of: phone, telephone, telephone set

  Encyclopedia: Telephone receiver

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  [Electronics]
  The handheld part of a telephone set, containing the microphone and earphone, and, in some cases, the dialing keypad.
  
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  [Engineering acoustics]
  "The portion of a telephone set that converts the audio-frequency current variations of a telephone line into sound waves, by the motion of a diaphragm activated by a magnet whose field is varied by the electrical impulses that come over the telephone wire"

• on the telephone:    [American slang]Fi ...
• telephone:    Noun: telephone&nb ...
• receiver:    Noun: receiver&nbs ...

Examples

1. design of the injection mould for ic card telephone receiver
2. just as i placed the telephone receiver down, the doorbell rang
3. he forgot to cradle the telephone receiver when he finished
4. methods of measurement for telephone receivers
5. method for measurement of the magnetic field in the vicinity of a telephone receiver