Receiver word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "receiver" word
[noun] earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds
[noun] a person who gets something
[noun] a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
[noun] a football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass
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\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 {Exhausted receiver} (Physics), a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.
Synonyms for receiver
liquidator, pass catcher, pass receiver, receiving system, recipient, telephone receiver
See also: aerial | assignee | beneficiary | borrower | conferee | consignee | dependent | direction finder | fiduciary | football player | grantee | headset | heritor | honoree | idiot box | inheritor | radio | sendee | telly | transferee |
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Let's analyse "receiver" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: REVIECER. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
receiver: 5 + 5 + 9 + 5 = 24, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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