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"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."
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"(electronics) 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."
],
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"word": "crystal radio"
},
{
"word": "crystal radio receiver"
},
{
"word": "cat's whisker receiver"
}
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"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
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"physics"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ràdio de galena"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krystalapparat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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],
"word": "krystalmodtager"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kristalontvanger"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kideradio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "récepteur à cristal"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"masculine"
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"word": "poste à galène"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"word": "poste de radio à cristal"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Detektorempfänger"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "Detektorradio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radio a galena"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krystallapparat"
},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"masculine"
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"word": "krystallmottaker"
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"neuter"
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "krystallmottakar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rádio de galena"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "detéktornyj prijómnik",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дете́кторный приёмник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radio a galena"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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},
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "kristallmottagare"
},
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kristadaparat"
}
],
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"crystal radio receiver"
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}
],
"word": "crystal set"
}
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"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."
],
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"electronics",
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],
[
"supply",
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],
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"wave",
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],
[
"crystal",
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],
[
"lead",
"lead"
],
[
"cadmium",
"cadmium"
],
[
"sulphide",
"sulphide"
],
[
"wire",
"wire"
],
[
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"cat's whisker"
]
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"(electronics) 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."
],
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"business",
"electrical-engineering",
"electricity",
"electromagnetism",
"electronics",
"energy",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
],
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},
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"word": "crystal radio receiver"
},
{
"word": "cat's whisker receiver"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ràdio de galena"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krystalapparat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
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],
"word": "krystalmodtager"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kristalontvanger"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kideradio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "récepteur à cristal"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poste à galène"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poste de radio à cristal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Detektorempfänger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Detektorradio"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "radio a galena"
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "krystallapparat"
},
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krystallmottaker"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krystallapparat"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "krystallmottakar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rádio de galena"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "detéktornyj prijómnik",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дете́кторный приёмник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "radio a galena"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
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"word": "kristallapparat"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"tags": [
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"word": "kristallmottagare"
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"code": "vo",
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"sense": "an early kind of radio receiver",
"word": "kristadaparat"
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