Dictionary

crystal set en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.

Forms

Synonyms

crystal radio receiver · cat's whisker receiver · crystal radio

Translations (22)

fr récepteur à cristal (an early kind of radio receiver) · nn krystallapparat (an early kind of radio receiver) · cmn 礦石收音機 /矿石收音机 (an early kind of radio receiver) · sv kristallmottagare (an early kind of radio receiver) · vo kristadaparat (an early kind of radio receiver) · de Detektorradio (an early kind of radio receiver) · da krystalapparat (an early kind of radio receiver) · nl kristalontvanger (an early kind of radio receiver) · da krystalmodtager (an early kind of radio receiver) · de Detektorempfänger (an early kind of radio receiver) · fr poste à galène (an early kind of radio receiver) · nn krystallmottakar (an early kind of radio receiver) · pt rádio de galena (an early kind of radio receiver) · fi kideradio (an early kind of radio receiver) · fr poste de radio à cristal (an early kind of radio receiver) · nb krystallmottaker (an early kind of radio receiver) · ru дете́кторный приёмник (an early kind of radio receiver) · sv kristallapparat (an early kind of radio receiver) · ca ràdio de galena (an early kind of radio receiver) · es radio a galena (an early kind of radio receiver) · it radio a galena (an early kind of radio receiver) · nb krystallapparat (an early kind of radio receiver)