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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Radio- \Ra"di*o-\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]-), a.
1. Of or pertaining to, or employing, or operated by, radiant
energy, specifically that of electromagnetic waves with
frequencies between those of infrared radiation and
X-rays; hence, pertaining to, or employed in, broadcast
radio or television, microwaves, radiotelephones, etc.;
as, radio waves.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

2. of or pertaining to broadcast radio; as, a radio program.
[PJC]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Radio- \Ra"di*o-\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]-).
A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to,
a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the
forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English electronic device \electronic device\ n.
a device depending on the principles of electronics and using
the manipulation of electron flow for its operation.
[PJC]

Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among
them the television, radio, computer, robot,
transmitter, receiver, VCR, CD player, etc.
[PJC]

WordNet radio
adj : indicating radiation or radioactivity; "radiochemistry"
n 1: medium for communication [syn: radiocommunication, wireless]
2: an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and
amplifies transmitted signals [syn: radio receiver, {receiving
set}, radio set, tuner, wireless]
3: a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic
waves [syn: wireless]
v : transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help"

Moby Dictionary
AM receiver , AM tuner , AM-FM receiver , AM-FM tuner , CB , RDF ,
Teletype , Wirephoto , advice , adviser , air , announce , announcer ,
annunciator , audio-frequency , authority , auto radio , automation ,
aviation radio , avionics , battery radio , beam , broadcast ,
broadcast journalism , cabinet , cable , channel , chassis ,
citizens band , communicant , communication , communicational ,
communications , communicator , console , crystal set , disseminate ,
electron microscopy , electron optics , electron physics ,
electronic engineering , electronics , electrophysics , enlightener ,
expert witness , facsimile , flash , gossipmonger , grapevine ,
heterodyne , high-frequency , housing , informant , information ,
information center , information medium , informer , intelligence ,
interviewee , journalism , line radio , magnetotelephonic ,
microtelephonic , monitor , monotelephonic , mouthpiece ,
multiplex receiver , news , news agency , news medium , news service ,
newscast , newsiness , newsletter , newsmagazine , newsmonger ,
newspaper , newsworthiness , notifier , photoelectricity ,
phototelegraphic , pocket radio , present , press , press association ,
public relations officer , publisher , radar , radiate ,
radio direction finder , radio receiver , radio set , radio telescope ,
radio-record player , radiobroadcast , radionics , radiophone ,
radiophotography , radiotelegraphic , radiotelegraphy ,
radiotelephony , railroad radio , receiver , receiving set ,
regenerative receiver , relay receiver , reportage , reporter , send ,
send a wire , set , ship-to-shore radio , shortwave , sign off ,
sign on , signal , source , spokesman , sportscast , superheterodyne ,
table radio , telecommunicational , telegram , telegraph ,
telegraph agency , telegraphic , telephonic , telephotographic ,
television , telex , teller , the fourth estate , the press ,
thermotelephonic , tidings , tipster , tout , transceiver , transistor ,
transistor physics , transmit , transmit-receiver , tuner ,
walkie-talkie , wire , wire service , wire wave communication ,
wired radio , wired wireless , wireless , wireless set ,
wireless telegraphy , wireless telephony , witness , word