exciter
Americannoun
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a person or thing that excites.
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Electricity. an auxiliary generator that supplies energy for the excitation of another electric machine.
noun
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a person or thing that excites
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a small generator that excites a larger machine
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an oscillator producing a transmitter's carrier wave
Etymology
Origin of exciter
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at excite, -er 1
Example Sentences
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At last, modeling the outcome of each possible bit, they discovered one that turned off the exciter, which generates the spacecraft’s radio signal; when they turned it back on, the transmissions resumed.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2017
Each finger ring contains a small, independently controlled exciter transducer commonly used for auditory bone conduction.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2015
Chief exciter was a thickset, sturdy, 55-year-old Republican Congressman from Canton, Pa. by the name of Louis T. McFadden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Keep up thy communications as of wont, and withhold not hope, which is a powerful exciter in minds that are not deadened by experience.
From The Bravo by Cooper, James Fenimore
The brushes of copper wire which collect the current of the exciter dynamo, and others of similar pattern, must be placed so that the ends press on the commutator as shown in Fig.
From Wrinkles in Electric Lighting by Stephen, Vincent
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