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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.
ReceiverReceiver 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the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a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.
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Receiver or
receive may
refer to:
Receiver (album), the
second and
final album...
- A wide
receiver (WR), also
referred to as a wideout, and
historically known as a
split end (SE) or
flanker (FL), is an
eligible receiver in
gridiron football...
- a
forward p****: only an
eligible p****
receiver may
legally catch a
forward p****, and only an
eligible receiver may
advance beyond the
neutral zone if...
- In
radio communications, a
radio receiver, also
known as a
receiver, a wireless, or
simply a radio, is an
electronic device that
receives radio waves and...
- A
receiver operating characteristic curve, or ROC curve, is a
graphical plot that
illustrates the
performance of a
binary classifier model (can be used...
- A
superheterodyne receiver,
often shortened to superhet, is a type of
radio receiver that uses
frequency mixing to
convert a
received signal to a fixed...
- An audio/video
receiver (AVR) or a
stereo receiver is a
consumer electronics component used in a home
theater or hi-fi system. Its
purpose is to receive...
- In
firearms terminology and at law, the
firearm frame or
receiver is the part of a
firearm which integrates other components by
providing housing for internal...
-
encoded them.
Sometimes the
receiver is
modeled so as to
include the decoder. Real-world
receivers like
radio receivers or
telephones can not be expected...
- The
Receiver of
Wreck is an
official who
administers law
dealing with
maritime wrecks and
salvage in some
countries having a
British administrative heritage...
