transmitter C2 Topic:Media & Publishing US /trænˈsmɪtɝ/ See IPA manual Freq #9037 Meanings 1 noun A device that sends out radio, television, or other signals. The transmitter was placed on a hill so the signal could reach every house. 2 noun A person, animal, or thing that passes something on, such as a disease. Scientists identified the mosquito as the transmitter of the disease. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a device that sends out... sender 2 noun · a person, animal, or thing... vector Word family Forms transmitters Derived forms chemotransmittercotransmittergaseotransmittergasotransmittergliotransmittermultitransmitterneurotransmitterphosphotransmitterradiotransmitterretransmitterteletransmitter Common collocations spark transmitter Noun + noun Etymology AI details From transmit + -er. Topics Media & Publishing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # transmitter **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /trænˈsmɪtɝ/ **Frequency rank:** 9037 ## Meanings 1. A device that sends out radio, television, or other signals. 2. A person, animal, or thing that passes something on, such as a disease. ## Examples - The transmitter was placed on a hill so the signal could reach every house. - Scientists identified the mosquito as the transmitter of the disease. ## Derived Forms - chemotransmitter - cotransmitter - gaseotransmitter - gasotransmitter - gliotransmitter - multitransmitter - neurotransmitter - phosphotransmitter - radiotransmitter - retransmitter - teletransmitter ## Etymology From transmit + -er. ## AI Etymology Transmitter is formed from transmit + -er. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include a device that sends out radio, television, or other signals and a person, animal, or thing that passes something on, such as a disease. The wider family includes derived forms such as chemotransmitter, cotransmitter, gaseotransmitter, gasotransmitter, and gliotransmitter. ## Topics - Media & Publishing - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown