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EXCITER

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ex⋅cit⋅er

[ik-sahy-ter]
–noun
1. a person or thing that excites.
2. Electricity. an auxiliary generator that supplies energy for the excitation of another electric machine.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see excite, -er 1
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ex·cit·er   (ĭk-sī'tər)   
n.  
  1. One that excites: an exciter of animosity.

  2. An auxiliary generator used to provide field current for a larger generator or alternator.

  3. Electronics An oscillator for generating the carrier frequency of a transmitter.

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