Meanings
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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.
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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.
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Word family
Forms
transmitters
Derived forms
chemotransmittercotransmittergaseotransmittergasotransmittergliotransmittermultitransmitterneurotransmitterphosphotransmitterradiotransmitterretransmitterteletransmitter
Etymology
From transmit + -er.