repeater

noun

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re·peat·er | \ ri-ˈpē-tər

Definition of repeater

: one that repeats: such as

a : one who relates or recites

b : a watch or clock with a striking mechanism that upon pressure of a spring will indicate the time in hours or quarters and sometimes minutes

c : a firearm having a magazine that holds a number of cartridges loaded one at a time into the chamber by the action of the piece

d : a habitual violator of the laws

e : one who votes illegally by casting more than one ballot in an election

f : a student enrolled in a class or course for a second or subsequent time

g : a device for receiving communication signals and delivering corresponding amplified ones

Examples of repeater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Second, Mondavi plans to provide mmWave indoor coverage with its sub-6 GHz repeater modules that should sample in the second half of 2022. — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021 The complications include two high-speed triple-axis tourbillions, a decimal minute repeater, a monopusher chronograph, and a reference time differential function. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2021 Patek Has Shoehorned a Gramophone Into Its Latest Watch Patek Philippe’s new audiophile minute repeater, Reference 5750, takes aural inspiration from Thomas Edison’s phonograph. — Tim Barber, Wired, 18 Dec. 2021 And that talent needs to come at a bargain price given that the Warriors hit the repeater tax this season and will end up with the highest salary and luxury tax bill in NBA history. — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021 Using an array of radio telescopes called the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Network, a team determined the position of a repeater designated FRB 20200120E with extreme precision. — Adam Mann, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2021 Shor’s quantum repeater code couldn’t be exactly the same as the classical version, though. — Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine, 16 Nov. 2021 The company also announced expanded mmWave frequency support for its BeamXR smart repeater family. — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021 Vacheron Constantin takes this concept one step further by storing the sounds of every watch in its Les Cabinotiers minute-repeater range at Abbey Road Studios in London. — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2021

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