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transmitter
[ trans-mit-er, tranz- ]
noun
- a person or thing that transmits.
- Also called transmitting set. Radio. a device for sending electromagnetic waves; the part of a broadcasting apparatus that generates and modulates the radiofrequency current and conveys it to the antenna.
- the part of a telephonic or telegraphic apparatus that converts sound waves or mechanical movements into corresponding electric waves or impulses.
- Biochemistry. neurotransmitter.
transmitter
/ trænzˈmɪtə /
noun
- a person or thing that transmits
- the equipment used for generating and amplifying a radio-frequency carrier, modulating the carrier with information, and feeding it to an aerial for transmission
- the microphone in a telephone that converts sound waves into audio-frequency electrical signals
- a device that converts mechanical movements into coded electrical signals transmitted along a telegraph circuit
- physiol short for neurotransmitter
transmitter
/ trăns′mĭt-ər /
- A device that converts sound, light, or electrical signals into radio, microwave, or other electrical signals of sufficient strength for the purpose of telecommunication.
- Compare receiver
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Example Sentences
A small radio transmitter had been found in her apartment, and she had been arrested by the IRA and admitted her involvement.
Fessenden has built a huge radio transmitter in a place called Brant Rock, Massachusetts.
The transmitter turns the iPod into an individual radio station, with a broadcast radius of a few feet.
But it was not only as an organiser and transmitter of orders that Berthier proved his usefulness to his chief.
One satisfactory way is by the use of a miniature buzzer transmitter.
They have a portable loud-speaker system, and there is an inverter, as you call it, at the transmitter.
Holding the transmitter tightly Hendricks called the code of the command bunker.
Ten dry cells should be connected in series and used to supply current to the transmitter circuit, as shown by B in the figure.
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