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noun
1A receiver of any kind (especially a vessel or container) that is made of crystal.
2A radio receiving set employing a crystal detector. Now chiefly historical.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Henry (1734–1816), apothecary and chemist. From crystal + receiver.
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