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transmitter

noun
1
A device that generates and sends out a signal, such as radio waves.
"The radio station's transmitter sits atop the hill."
"They installed a new transmitter to boost the signal range."

How to Use Transmitter

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA device that sends out signals, as opposed to a receiver, which picks them up.

Easily confused with

Word Forms

transmitters plural

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Etymology

Formed from "transmit" plus the agent suffix "-er."

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