Definition of "radio"

radio

/ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural radios
1. (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
2. (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
3. (countable) On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.
  Quotations
  David Bowie's classic hit Space Oddity will be looping on the radio as the car is hurled into an elliptical orbit that stretches out to Mars' orbit around the Sun.
  2018 February 6, Jonathan Amos, “Elon Musk's huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch”, in BBC News‎, London, United Kingdom: BBC, retrieved 2018-02-07
4. (countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.
5. (Internet, uncountable) The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
verb
third-person singular simple present radios, present participle radioing, simple past and past participle radioed
1. (transitive, intransitive) To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
2. (transitive) To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
  Quotations
  “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”
  2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, page 40
  When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.
  2006, Angie Morgan with Courtney Lynch, Leading from the front: no excuse leadership tactics for women, page 111
  When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.
  2006, Kimberly Johnson, Amy's Secret, page 14

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