Transmitter Meaning
/træˈnsmɪtər/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
nounAn electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
Sentence Examples
The transmitter on Voyager was not reachable due to solar winds.
The radio transmitter was not working.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The radio station uses a powerful ____ to broadcast its signal across the entire city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The radio ____ was located at the top of the high hill to ensure that it could send signals over a wide area today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English transmit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transmitter From transmit + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters."
— 1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 1025:
"Habituation and dishabituation allow for experience-dependent tuning of these reflexes and the mechanisms underlying these forms of behavioral plasticity involve changes in transmitter release from the sensory to motor neuron synapses through homosynaptic depression and the serotonin-mediated recovery from depression, respectively."
— 2015 August 29, “Decline in the Recovery from Synaptic Depression in Heavier Aplysia Results from Decreased Serotonin-Induced Novel PKC Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The radio station uses a powerful ____ to broadcast its signal across the entire city.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The radio ____ was located at the top of the high hill to ensure that it could send signals over a wide area today.