English Explanatory Dictionary

transmitter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
  2. An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-transmitter.wav

Word forms

transmitter transmitters

Etymology

From transmit + -er.

Derived words

arc transmitter carbon transmitter chemotransmitter cotransmitter emergency location transmitter emergency locator transmitter gaseotransmitter gasotransmitter gliotransmitter infinity transmitter multitransmitter neurotransmitter phosphotransmitter radiotransmitter radio transmitter retransmitter teletransmitter
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