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Radio

noun

Medium for communication. Synonyms: radiocommunication, wireless.

An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals. Synonyms: radio receiver, radio set, receiving set, tuner, wireless.

A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves. Synonym: wireless.

verb

Transmit messages via radio waves.

adjective

Indicating radiation or radioactivity.

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... rotate in the dimple on the back of the elbow just below the lateral epicondyle. The coronoid process may be detected on making deep pressure in the hollow in front of the joint. As the line of the radio-humeral joint is horizontal, while that of the ulno-humeral joint slopes obliquely downwards, the arm forms with the fully extended and supinated forearm an obtuse angle, opening laterally—the "carrying angle." This angle is usually more marked ...

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— The Invaders • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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