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receiver

(1) A device that accepts signals. Contrast with "transmitter," which sends signals. The term is used generically to refer to "the side being sent to." For example, "by the time the signal gets to the receiver..." refers to whichever hardware device is at the other end of the communication.

(2) A unit of audio or audio/video equipment that serves as the primary control for a stereo or home theater system. See stereo receiver and A/V receiver.

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receiver

1. a person appointed by a court to manage property pending the outcome of litigation, during the infancy of the owner, or after the owner(s) has been declared bankrupt or of unsound mind

2. Chiefly Brit a person who receives stolen goods knowing that they have been stolen

3. the equipment in a telephone, radio, or television that receives incoming electrical signals or modulated radio waves and converts them into the original audio or video signals

4. the equipment in a radar system, radio telescope, etc., that converts incoming radio signals into a useful form, usually displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope

5. Chem a vessel in which the distillate is collected during distillation

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receiver [ri′sē·vər]

(chemical engineering)

Vessel, container, or tank used to receive and collect liquid material from a process unit, such as the distillate receiver from the overhead condenser of a distillation column.

(electronics)

The complete equipment required for receiving modulated radio waves and converting them into the original intelligence, such as into sounds or pictures, or converting to desired useful information as in a radar receiver.

(mechanical engineering)

An apparatus placed near the compressor to equalize the pulsations of the air as it comes from the compressor to cause a more uniform flow of air through the pipeline and to collect moisture and oil carried in the air.

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Receiver 

a vessel for collecting gas or vapor whose inlet and outlet are of smaller cross section than pipes employed in the whole unit. Receivers also serve to smooth variations in pressure brought about by a pulsating feed and periodic withdrawal. In compressors, receivers are also used to cool the gas and to separate drops of oil and moisture carried in the gas. In steam engines, receivers are thermally insulated pipes that connect the high- and low-pressure cylinders.