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transmitter

nounC2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,183 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: transmitters

A transmitter is the equipment that sends out a signal. A radio transmitter, the transmitter mast, a low-power transmitter.

It is the opposite half of the pair to the receiver, and the two must agree on a frequency to be any use. The word also covers the small units fitted to tracked animals.

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Definitions of transmitter

  1. 1nountransmitterThe equipment that sends out a signal.C2

    “A storm took the transmitter off the air for two days.”

transmitter is equipment.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    trānsmittō — transmit

  2. Middle English

    transmitten

  3. English

    transmit

  4. English, today

    transmitter

From transmit + -er. transmit comes from Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”) literally “across-send”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

transmitter in the wild

  • The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna.

    Transmitter

  • Generators of radio waves for heating or industrial purposes, such as microwave ovens or diathermy equipment, are not usually called transmitters, even though they often have similar circuits.

    Transmitter

  • ERP measures the combination of the power emitted by the transmitter and the ability of the antenna to direct that power in a given direction.

    Effective radiated power

  • The ERP for VHF/UHF transmitters is normally more than the TPO, for LF/MF transmitters it has nearly the same value, while for VLF transmitters it may be less.

    Transmitter power output

  • As such, it is the most important transmitter in the UK in terms of population covered.

    Crystal Palace transmitting station

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the trānsmittō family

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