exciter

[ik-sahy-ter]

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; Middle English; see excite, -er1
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Exciter is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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exciter (ɪkˈsaɪtə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that excites
2.  a small generator that excites a larger machine
3.  an oscillator producing a transmitter's carrier wave

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