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Definition of Receivers

Receiver
Receiver Re*ceiv"er, n. (Firearms) In portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the ejector, cut-off, etc.
Receiver
Receiver Re*ceiv"er, n. [Cf. F. receveur.] 1. One who takes or receives in any manner. 2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases. --Bouvier. 3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. --Blackstone. 4. (Chem.) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases. 5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump. 6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine. 7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter. Exhausted receiver (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.

Meaning of Receivers from wikipedia

- Look up receive, receiver, or receivers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Receiver or receive may refer to: Receiver (album), the second and final album...
- wide receiver sets as early as the 1960s. In sets that have three, four, or five wide receivers, extra receivers are typically called slot receivers, as...
- defensive players are eligible receivers and offensive players who are not wearing an ineligible number are eligible receivers if they meet one of the following...
- control (AGC) were added. The receiver market was divided into the above broadcast receivers and communications receivers, which were used for two-way...
- simpler stereo receiver, though the primary function of both is amplification. AV receivers may also be known as digital audio-video receivers or digital...
- lower receiver individually contain all the components to be legally classified as a firearm. "Unfinished receivers", also called "80 percent receivers" or...
- regenerative receiver designs. By the mid-1930s, commercial production of TRF receivers was largely replaced by superheterodyne receivers. By the 1940s...
- 13.45 MHz) in the case of FM radio band receivers or (455–470 kHz for) AM (MW/LW/SW) receivers. Low-IF receiver topologies have many of the desirable properties...
- the eligible receivers include the quarterback, running backs, fullbacks, tight ends, and wide receivers, while the ineligible receivers are offensive...
- A rake receiver is a radio receiver designed to counter the effects of multipath fading. It does this by using several "sub-receivers" called fingers,...