radio reception

collocation in English

meaningsofradioandreception

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radio
noun
uk
/ˈreɪ.di.əʊ/
us
/ˈreɪ.di.oʊ/
a piece of electronic equipment used for listening to ...
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reception
noun
uk
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/
us
/rɪˈsep.ʃən/
a formal party at which important people ...
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(Definition ofradioandreceptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The agency continues to provide a free service to check specific sources of interference to television andradioreceptionin accordance with it regulatory duties.
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This interference is not with ordinary broadcast reception; it is interference withradioreceptionof a vital nature.
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The equivalent reduction —£1.25—in the combined sound and television licence fee was continued when the separate licensing of soundradioreceptionwas abolished in 1971.
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Complaints about television andradioreceptionrarely specify the source of the problem.
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The night is more suitable for flying; it is less bumpy, it is cooler, and it is better forradioreception.
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Its function will be to study the effects of the aurora onradioreceptionas part of a programme of ionospheric studies.
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One of them is the question of the television andradioreceptionwhich we enjoy—or do not enjoy—in that area.
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Legislative action to provide for the compulsory suppression of electrical interference withradioreceptionis being considered.
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The agency will continue to check specific sources of interference to television andradioreception free of charges as part of its regulatory duties.
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It deals with the suppression of interference with ordinaryradioreceptionby the ordinary set.
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By what authority do his engineers interefere with normalradioreception?
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Is he further aware that it has very bad medium-band reception and will welcome this new station as a source of new high qualityradioreception?
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Complaints have been received about interference to television andradioreception, hospital radio paging, police, fire brigades and ambulance radio communications, private mobile radio, and audio entertainment equipment.
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I cannot believe that anyone who accepts the need for television orradioreceptionwill dispute that the relay companies do a good and useful job.
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Naturally, having pressed for betterradioreception, it may be odd to say that we would be content with something less than perfection in television, but it is nevertheless true.
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Roads are impassible andradioreceptionis very poor.
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The first zone must be kept largely free from obstructions to avoid interfering with theradioreception.
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She speculates that the fish was attracted to radio waves and sent out plasmodic signals which disturbed theradioreception.
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It is even possible for circuits to resonate without any internal power source by means ofradioreception.
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Failing this, it may be necessary to shut off these items during importantradioreceptiontimes.
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