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interrogator

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in⋅ter⋅ro⋅ga⋅tor

  [in-ter-uh-gey-ter]
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–noun
1. a person who interrogates.
2. Also called challenger. Radio. a transmitter that emits a signal to trigger a transponder.
Origin:
1745–55; < LL interrogātor; see interrogate, -tor
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in·ter·ro·gate   (ĭn-těr'ə-gāt')   
tr.v.   in·ter·ro·gat·ed, in·ter·ro·gat·ing, in·ter·ro·gates

  1. To examine by questioning formally or officially. See Synonyms at ask.

  2. Computer Science To transmit a signal for setting off an appropriate response.


[Middle English enterrogate, from Latin interrogāre, interrogāt- : inter-, in the presence of; see inter- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
in·ter'ro·ga'tion n., in·ter'ro·ga'tion·al adj., in·ter'ro·ga'tor n.
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