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 Definitions of radio  [ˈreɪ diˌoʊ]  

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Definition of 'radio' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) radio
a system of telecommunication employing electromagnetic waves of a particular frequency range to transmit speech or other sound over long distances without the use of wires.

2.  radio
an apparatus for receiving or transmitting radio broadcasts.

3.  radio
a message transmitted by radio.

4. (adj.) radio
pertaining to, used in, or sent by radio.

5.  radio
pertaining to electromagnetic radiation having frequencies in the range of approximately 10 kHz to 300,000 MHz:
radio waves.

6. (v.t.) radio
to transmit (a message, music, etc.) by radio.

7.  radio
to send a message to (a person) by radio.

8. (v.i.) radio
to transmit a message, music, etc., by radio.

Etymology:  (1910–15; shortening of radiotelegraph or radiotelegraphy)

Definition of 'radio' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) radio, radiocommunication, wireless
medium for communication

2. (noun) radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless
an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

3. (adj) radio, wireless
a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves

4. (verb) radio
indicating radiation or radioactivity
"radiochemistry"

5. (verb) radio
transmit messages via radio waves
"he radioed for help"


Definition of 'radio' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) radio
a device for receiving sound broadcasts
a news report I heard on the radio; a car radio

2.  radio
the broadcast of shows and information on a radio
a radio announcer; He has worked in radio and television.


Definition of 'radio' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  radio
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)


Translation of 'radio' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an apparatus for) the sending and receiving of human speech, music etc
a pocket radio; The concert is being broadcast on radio; I heard about it on the radio; (

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: radio Arabic flag Arabic: راديو: مِذْياع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: радио
Brazilian flag Brazilian: rádio Czech flag Czech: rádio(vý) German flag German: das Radio; Radio-...
Danish flag Danish: radio; -radio; radio- Greek flag Greek: ραδιόφωνο Spanish flag Spanish: radio
Estonian flag Estonian: raadio Farsi flag Farsi: رادیو Finnish flag Finnish: radio
French flag French: (de) radio Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַדיוֹ Hindi flag Hindi: रेडियो
Croatian flag Croatian: radio-aparat Hungarian flag Hungarian: rádió Indonesian flag Indonesian: radio
Icelandic flag Icelandic: útvarp Italian flag Italian: radio; radiofonico Japanese flag Japanese: ラジオ
Korean flag Korean: 라디오 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: radijas Latvian flag Latvian: radio
Malay flag Malay: radio Dutch flag Dutch: radio Norwegian flag Norwegian: radio, kringkasting
Polish flag Polish: radio Persian flag Persian: رادیو Pashto flag Pashto: راډيو، بى سيمه (راډيوتلګر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rádio Romanian flag Romanian: (de) radio Russian flag Russian: радио
Slovak flag Slovak: rádio; rádiový Slovenian flag Slovenian: radio Serbian flag Serbian: radio
Swedish flag Swedish: radio Thai flag Thai: วิทยุ Turkish flag Turkish: radyo
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 無線電(裝置) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: радіо Urdu flag Urdu: ریڈیو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: máy thu thanh Chinese flag Chinese: 无线电(设备)

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