digital radion.
/ˌdɪdʒᵻtl ˈreɪdɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌdɪdʒᵻdl ˈreɪdioʊ/ 1.
a. A radio for receiving analogue signals which incorporates either a digital tuning mechanism or a digital display (or frequently both). Now rare. Cf. digital tuning n. at digital n. and adj. Compounds 2, digital adj. 3.
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1970 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 5 Nov. 31/2 (advt.) We have a complete selection of digital radios AM & AM-FM.
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 Aug. d1 Radio manufacturers complained that new ‘digital’ radios that automatically tune to stations would be made obsolete.
1991 Which? July 377/1 Digital radios have a liquid crystal display that shows the exact frequency in kilohertz.
b. A radio for receiving digital radio signals. Also: one for both receiving and transmitting these signals.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set
wireless set1907
wireless1909
radio1912
radio set1912
satellite radio1958
digital radio1970
digital radio1979
1979 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 26 Feb. 138/3 This digital radio is offered as a complete microwave communications system.
1990 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 20 Oct. Listeners must buy digital radios to receive the enhanced sound quality of the digital stations.
1998 Times (Electronic ed.) 24 June Seven new stations that will provide not only sound output but also text and pictures displayed on a screen on the digital radios.
2006 Computer Weekly 31 Jan. 36/5 The antenna is one of three main components in a digital radio.
2. Telecommunications. The radio transmission of audio signals that have been digitally encoded, esp. for the purposes of broadcasting. Cf. digital audio broadcasting n. at digital n. and adj. Compounds 2.Digital radio provides better fidelity than analogue radio and allows more channels to be contained within a particular bandwidth.
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1975 IEEE Trans. Communications 23 292/1 Digital radio with PCM subscriber multiplex offers economies that make these applications more attractive than ever.
1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 Nov. A microcomputer to send information by digital radio from each train to the railway's central computer.
1990 InterCity Mag. Sept. 62/2 The phone links to its base by digital radio, which is free of interference.
1997 Guardian 3 Dec. ii. 14/5 Digital radio is undoubtedly the..the most significant radio development since FM.
2005 S. Ingle in M. Adamson et al. Is it Cowardly to Pray for Rain? 204 I am currently watching the cricket via Sky Satellite, listening via digital radio and reading your page on my laptop.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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