Examples Word Origin
a person or thing that repeats . a repeating firearm . Horology a timepiece, especially a watch, that may be made to strike the hour or part of the hour. Compare clock watch . Education a pupil who repeats a course or group of courses that he or she has failed. a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election. a person who has been convicted and sentenced for one crime, and later for another; recidivist. Mathematics (no longer in technical use) a repeating decimal . Telecommunications a device capable of receiving one-way or two-way communications signals and delivering corresponding signals that are either amplified, reshaped, or both. Navigation gyro repeater .Show More
Origin of repeater First recorded in
1570–80; repeat +
-er1 Related forms non·re·peat·er , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for repeaters prisoner ,
captive ,
felon ,
culprit ,
offender ,
crook ,
hooligan ,
fugitive ,
gangster ,
hoodlum ,
thug ,
convict ,
mobster ,
lawbreaker ,
dial ,
clock ,
watch ,
chronometer ,
calendar ,
chronograph Examples from the Web for repeaters Historical Examples of repeaters "Half o' them's repeaters ," said the keeper, overhearing the remark.
There's a limit to the number of repeaters that can be brought into the district.
In one place he had "interfered with an election and killed five repeaters ."
We are putting in a set of repeaters here, so you can reach him this way.
There were primaries in New York city in 1827, and hundreds of repeaters voted.
British Dictionary definitions for repeaters a person or thing that repeats Also called: repeating firearm a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed electrical engineering a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses Also called: substitute nautical one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated Show More
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Word Origin and History for repeaters n. 1570s, agent noun from repeat (v.). As a type of firearm from 1868; as "a frequent offender" from 1884.
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