transmitter

[ trans-mit-er, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈmɪt ər, trænz- /

noun

a person or thing that transmits.

Also called transmitting set. Radio. a device for sending electromagnetic waves; the part of a broadcasting apparatus that generates and modulates the radiofrequency current and conveys it to the antenna.

the part of a telephonic or telegraphic apparatus that converts sound waves or mechanical movements into corresponding electric waves or impulses.

Biochemistry. neurotransmitter.

Nearby words

transmissometer, transmit, transmittal, transmittance, transmittancy, transmitter, transmittivity, transmogrify, transmontane, transmundane, transmural

Origin of transmitter

First recorded in 1720–30; transmit + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for transmitter

The transmitter turns the iPod into an individual radio station, with a broadcast radius of a few feet.
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So insistent was the call that the nurse's hand closed over the transmitter long before the burr ceased.
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories|Alice Hegan Rice
“All right, McGregor,” Curlie breathed into the transmitter.
On the Yukon Trail|Roy J. Snell
It is well to have the Transmitter draw a pencil circle around the chosen word, so that he may be sure to remember it later.
Practical Mind-Reading|William Walker Atkinson

When the dispatcher transmits a train order by telephone, he writes out the order as he speaks it into his transmitter.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2|Kempster Miller
Now let us consider Geoffrey as a gatherer and transmitter of the genuine oral traditions of the Welsh and Breton people.
Medival Wales|A. G. Little

British Dictionary definitions for transmitter

transmitter

/ (trænzˈmɪtə) /

noun

a person or thing that transmits

the equipment used for generating and amplifying a radio-frequency carrier, modulating the carrier with information, and feeding it to an aerial for transmission

the microphone in a telephone that converts sound waves into audio-frequency electrical signals

a device that converts mechanical movements into coded electrical signals transmitted along a telegraph circuit

physiol short for neurotransmitter

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Word Origin and History for transmitter

transmitter

"apparatus for receiving radio signals," 1934, agent noun from transmit.

Science definitions for transmitter

transmitter

[ trăns′mĭt-ər ]

A device that converts sound, light, or electrical signals into radio, microwave, or other electrical signals of sufficient strength for the purpose of telecommunication. Compare receiver.