tweet·er

[twee-ter]
noun
a small loudspeaker designed for the reproduction of high-frequency sounds.

Origin:
1935–40; tweet + -er1

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tweeter (ˈtwiːtə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a loudspeaker used in high-fidelity systems for the reproduction of high audio frequencies. It is usually employed in conjunction with a woofer and a crossover network
 
[C20: from tweet]

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tweeter

n. [University of Waterloo] Syn. {perf}, chad (sense 1). This term (like woofer) has been in use at Waterloo since 1972 but is elsewhere unknown. In audio jargon, the word refers to the treble speaker(s) on a hi-fi.
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tweeter definition


woofer

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Example sentences
He's normally a regular tweeter, but his account has been uncommonly silent
  this week, even after the trade.
Lockwood, who once told a reporter that she was ten years old when she wrote
  her first haiku, is a natural-born tweeter.
The tweets can then link back to campus digital properties that support or
  contextualize the tweeter's thoughts.
And as this tweeter suggests, a fax machine simply won't remember.
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