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exciter

[ ik-sahy-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that excites.
  2. Electricity. an auxiliary generator that supplies energy for the excitation of another electric machine.


exciter

/ ɪkˈsaɪtə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that excites
  2. a small generator that excites a larger machine
  3. an oscillator producing a transmitter's carrier wave
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of exciter1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; excite, -er 1
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Example Sentences

A compound amalgam of zinc and tin is probably the best exciter which can be applied to the cushions of electrical machines.

But Apollo, exciter of troops, immediately aroused neas against the son of Peleus, and infused into him strong courage.

Strychnia is thus an exciter of muscular contraction and of motion; exalting sensation in a less degree.

The wires leading from the exciter to the other dynamo remain always connected, as there is no need for meddling with them.

I am supposing that our plant consists of an alternating-current dynamo with a small exciter.

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