transmitter

C2 Topic:Media & Publishing
US /trænˈsmɪtɝ/
noun Freq #9037

Meanings

  1. 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. 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

Etymology

From transmit + -er.

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