The quality of being receivable.

(American football) An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

A radio receiver that mixes (beats or heterodynes) a locally produced frequency with the incoming frequency

plural of superheterodyne receiver

The form of pronunciation of the English language traditionally spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England, considered to be a standard (see received) and used as such in the pronunciation schemes of most British dictionaries. Abbreviation: RP

An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.

(rugby) The first player to receive the ball, from a scrum-half (or acting scrum-half). This is often the fly-half, but may be a different player if the fly-half is unavailable, or a forward who will drive.

plural of wide receiver

plural of GPS receiver

(physics) A receiver, such as that used with an air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel whose interior is a more or less complete vacuum.