transmitter
noun
a person or thing that transmits.
transmitters
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pluralof transmitter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This year, conditions including a record-smashing March heat wave led to a surge in California’s native Culex mosquitoes, the transmitters of West Nile virus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Jamming of foreign broadcasts was pioneered by Nazi Germany during World War Two, using noise or signals from more powerful transmitters located closer to the listeners.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The agency's transmitters began sending out "involuntary signal emissions", YPA said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Between 2017 and 2023, the Arizona-based research team used satellite transmitters to follow 24 newly fledged Bald Eagles and two nonbreeding adults and to map how they moved within and beyond the state.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Jeanine activated all the Dauntless transmitters, you know,” Christina says.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
