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crystal sets

crystal sets is the plural of crystal set.

Meaning of crystal set

Noun

crystal set (plural crystal sets)

  1. An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.

Questions about crystal sets

What is crystal sets the plural of?
Crystal sets is the plural of crystal set.

Words near crystal sets in the dictionary

  1. crystal radio receiver
  2. crystal radio receivers
  3. crystal radios
  4. Crystal River
  5. crystal set
  6. crystal sets
  7. crystal sphere
  8. crystal spheres
  9. crystal stone
  10. crystal stones
  11. crystal system

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