Receivers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A mechanism or individual designed to accept incoming signals, encompassing audio, video, or data transmissions, which can be utilized for various purposes
2. An apparatus or person responsible for collecting and processing signals from a transmitter, including forms such as data, audio, or visual inputs
3. An instrument that picks up and translates electronic signals received from a source ; an individual who obtains or is given something

Etymology: "Receivers" is simply the plural of "receiver," the person or thing that takes in something handed over or sent. The word reached English in Middle English as "receyvour," borrowed from Anglo-Norman "receverre" and "receivour," which carried the same sense of someone who takes delivery of goods, money, or messages. Over time English spelling was reshaped to match "receive," and the ending became the familiar "-er" that marks an agent or instrument. The telephone is what gave the word its modern sense. A receiver was originally the part of a telephone you held to your ear, the piece that converted an incoming electrical signal back into sound, and the same name was then carried over to radios and other devices that pick up broadcasts. The plural "receivers" therefore refers to the many such devices, a meaning that grew directly out of the older idea of a person who takes in what is sent.

Synonyms: acceptors, listeners, collectors, transmitters, gatherers

Antonyms: senders, dispatchers, emitters