repeater

[ ri-pee-ter ]

/ rɪˈpi tər /

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noun

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.

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Origin of repeater

First recorded in 1570–80; repeat + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM repeater

non·re·peat·er, noun

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How to use repeater in a sentence

This drew the attention of the Confederate officers, and the repeaters were threatened with punishment.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
He was then led to devise several forms of automatic repeaters, but they are not much employed.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
A hundred of the Native Police deserted, and joined them with their Winchester repeaters.
The Matabele Campaign|R. S. S. Baden-Powell
They move around in a closed place, doing the same silly little things—copy-cats—repeaters.
Fidelity|Susan Glaspell

I go on record as saying that no show was ever a real financial success without it produced "repeaters."
The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn

British Dictionary definitions for repeater

repeater

/ (rɪˈpiːtə) /

noun

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

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repeater

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