CD player n 1: a stand-alone piece of electronic equipment that either has its own display or attaches to a television set
compact disk player \com"pact disk` play"er\(k[o^]m"p[a^]kt d[i^]sk` pl[=a]"[~e]r), n. an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings. That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a {CD drive}. Called also {CD player} and informally, {CD}. Syn: CD player. [PJC]
electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [PJC] Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the {television}, {radio}, {computer}, {robot}, {transmitter}, {receiver}, {VCR}, {CD player}, etc. [PJC]