transmitter

English

Etymology

transmit +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

transmitter (plural transmitters)

1. One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
2. An 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.

Derived terms

• arc transmitter
• carbon transmitter
• chemotransmitter
• cotransmitter
• emergency locator transmitter
• gaseotransmitter
• gasotransmitter
• gliotransmitter
• infinity transmitter
• multitransmitter
• neurotransmitter
• phosphotransmitter
• radiotransmitter
• radio transmitter
• retransmitter
• teletransmitter

 

Translations

one who or that which transmits something

• Arabic: نَاقِل (nāqil)
• Catalan: transmissor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發射機／发射机 (zh) (fāshèjī)

• Czech: vysílač (cs)
• Danish: sender (da) c, afsender (da) c
• Faroese: sendari m
• Finnish: lähetin (fi)
• French: transmetteur (fr) m
• German: Sender (de) m
• Greek: διαβιβαστής (el) m (diavivastís), πομπός (el) m (pompós)
• Icelandic: sendir m
• Japanese: 送話器 (そうわき, sōwaki), トランスミッター (toransumittā)
• Macedonian: пренесувач m (prenesuvač)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sender

  Nynorsk: sendar

• Polish: przekaźnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: transmissor (pt) m
• Romanian: transmițător (ro)
• Russian: переда́тчик (ru) m (peredátčik)
• Spanish: transmisor m
• Swedish: sändare (sv) c

electronic device

• Armenian: հաղորդիչ (hy) (haġordičʻ)
• Catalan: transmissor m
• Czech: vysílač (cs) m
• Danish: sender (da) c
• Finnish: radiolähetin (fi)
• French: transmetteur (fr) m
• German: Sendegerät n, Sendeanlage f
• Greek: πομπός (el) m (pompós), αναμεταδότης (el) m (anametadótis)
• Irish: tarchuradóir m
• Latvian: raidītājs m
• Macedonian: предава́тел m (predavátel)
• Malay: pemancar
• Polish: nadajnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: transmissor (pt) m
• Russian: переда́тчик (ru) m (peredátčik)
• Spanish: transmisor m