annunciator

American  

[uh-nuhn-see-ay-ter] / əˈnʌn siˌeɪ tər /

noun

1. an announcer.

2. a signaling apparatus, generally used in conjunction with a buzzer, that displays a visual indication when energized by electric current.

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annunciator British  

/ əˈnʌnsɪˌeɪtə /

noun

1. a device that gives a visual indication as to which of a number of electric circuits has operated, such as an indicator in a hotel showing in which room a bell has been rung

2. a device giving an audible signal indicating the position of a train

3. a less common word for announcer

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Other Word Forms

• annunciatory
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of annunciator

1745–55; annūntiātor; see annunciate, -tor

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

annunciator

The little destroyer lurched as her helm was put over and the engine-room annunciator called for full speed ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is thus no noise of human voices on board this ship: the helmsman steers by his bells, the engineer works by the telegraph, and the steward waits by the annunciator.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

As he switched out of the ship's annunciator system, Captain Nails Andersen leaned back in his chair and stretched in relief, closing his eyes and running briefly over the details of the evacuation.

From Where I Wasn't Going by Walt Richmond

The earliest and most widely used visible signal in telephone practice was the annunciator, having a shutter adapted to fall when the magnet is energized.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller

He turned and pressed the annunciator button and the hatch slid open.

From The Space Pioneers by Louis Glanzman

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