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“receiver”
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cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient
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(Latin: service, performing services; duty, receiver of duties; office, function; gift)
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“receiver”
autoalarm, automatic alarm receiver
1. A complete receiving, selecting, and warning device capable of being actuated automatically by intercepted radio-frequency waves forming the international automatic alarm signal.
2. A component of an international network of alarm receivers actuated by a radio-frequency signal to indicate an international emergency.
2. A component of an international network of alarm receivers actuated by a radio-frequency signal to indicate an international emergency.
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auto-, aut-
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solar cavity receiver
A well-insulated enclosure with a small opening to let in concentrated solar energy, approaching a blackbody absorber in its ability to capture solar energy.
Black body or blackbody is a theoretical object that is simultaneously a perfect absorber and emitter of radiant energy; that is, it absorbs all the radiation striking it and reflects no radiation, and whose energy distribution is dependent only on its temperature.
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sol-, soli-, solo- +
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