EMITTER

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e⋅mit⋅ter

[i-mit-er]

–noun

1.	a person or thing that emits.

2.	Electronics. an electrode on a transistor from which a flow of electrons or holes enters the region between the electrodes.

Origin:
1880–85; emit + -er ¹

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e·mit (ĭ-mĭt')

tr.v. e·mit·ted, e·mit·ting, e·mits

To give or send out (matter or energy): isotopes that emit radioactive particles; a stove emitting heat.
1. To give out as sound; utter: "She emitted her small strange laugh" (Edith Wharton).
2. To voice; express: emit an opinion.
To issue with authority, especially to put (currency) into circulation.

[Latin ēmittere, to send out : ē-, ex-, ex- + mittere, to send.]
e·mit'ter n.

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