| 单词 | receiving apparatus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreceiving apparatus receiving apparatus n. an apparatus that receives something; spec. (a) a vessel into which the products of a chemical or physical procedure are collected (cf. receiver n.1 4c); (b) an apparatus for detecting a signal, esp. a radio signal; cf. receiver n.1 6. ΚΠ 1795 W. Nicholson Dict. Chem. I. 288 The general rule for performing all distillations..consists in..keeping the receiving apparatus sufficiently cool. 1850 Mechanics' Mag. 52 187/2 My copying telegraph of 1843 consisted of a single wire..and a transmitting or receiving-apparatus actuated by the mechanism of four wheels. 1874 Amer. Naturalist 8 587 The want of definite and fixed pitch to the female's song demands for the receiving apparatus of her sounds a corresponding range of co-vibration. 1892 Philos. Trans. 1891 (Royal Soc.) A. 182 79 This pump is attached to the receiving apparatus..by the two tubes. 1924 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 46 1209 (heading) A receiving apparatus for practical distillation at low pressures. 1939 Fortune Nov. 91 To ensure privacy, telegraph companies use high-speed transmitters that send messages that can be picked up only by automatic receiving apparatus. 1986 R. Dawkins Blind Watchmaker (BNC) 30 The radar waves bounce back off the cars that approach, and are registered by the receiving apparatus. < as lemmas |
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