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transmitter

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. transmitter (noun)
  2. radio transmitter (noun)
  3. spark transmitter (noun)
  4. telephone transmitter (noun)
  5. television transmitter (noun)
  6. tube transmitter (noun)
  7. Wheatstone transmitter (noun)

trans·mit·ter

noun
\tran(t)s-ˈmi-tər, tranz-; ˈtran(t)s-ˌ, ˈtranz-\

Definition of TRANSMITTER

: one that transmits: as a : an apparatus for transmitting radio or television signals b : neurotransmitter
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Examples of TRANSMITTER

  1. Mosquitoes are the main transmitters of the disease.

First Known Use of TRANSMITTER

1727

Rhymes with TRANSMITTER

acquitter, aglitter, atwitter, beam splitter, bed-sitter, embitter, emitter, fence-sitter, gas fitter, hairsplitter, house sitter, no-hitter, outfitter, permitter, pinch hitter, pipe fitter, rail-splitter, remitter, Salzgitter, shipfitter, steamfitter, switch-hitter

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