noun
Meaning 1
One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
transmitter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: set
Narrower terms: jammer, radio transmitter, satellite transmitter, television transmitter
noun
Meaning 4
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever
- fleas are vectors of the plague
- aphids are transmitters of plant diseases
- when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vector
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
Narrower terms: transducing vector, gene delivery vector, carrier, immune carrier
noun
Meaning 5
someone who transmits a message
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- return to sender
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sender
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: spammer
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English transmit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transmitter From transmit + -er.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نَاقِل (nāqil) — one who or that which transmits something
- Belarusian: перада́тчык (pjeradátčyk) — one who or that which transmits something
- Belarusian: перадава́льнік (pjeradaválʹnik) — one who or that which transmits something
- Bulgarian: предава́тел (predavátel) — one who or that which transmits something
- Catalan: transmissor — one who or that which transmits something
- Chinese Mandarin: 發射機 /发射机 (fāshèjī) — one who or that which transmits something
- Czech: vysílač — one who or that which transmits something
- Danish: sender — one who or that which transmits something
- Danish: afsender — one who or that which transmits something
- Faroese: sendari — one who or that which transmits something
- Finnish: lähetin — one who or that which transmits something
- French: transmetteur — one who or that which transmits something
- German: Sender — one who or that which transmits something
- Greek: διαβιβαστής (diavivastís) — one who or that which transmits something
- Greek: πομπός (pompós) — one who or that which transmits something
- Hindi: प्रेषी (preṣī) — one who or that which transmits something
- Icelandic: sendir — one who or that which transmits something
- Japanese: 送話器 (sōwaki) — one who or that which transmits something
- Japanese: トランスミッター (toransumittā) — one who or that which transmits something
- Korean: 송화기 (songhwagi) — one who or that which transmits something
- Korean: 트랜스미터 (teuraenseumiteo) — one who or that which transmits something
- Macedonian: пренесувач (prenesuvač) — one who or that which transmits something
- Norwegian Bokmål: sender — one who or that which transmits something
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sendar — one who or that which transmits something
- Polish: przekaźnik — one who or that which transmits something
- Portuguese: transmissor — one who or that which transmits something
- Romanian: transmițător — one who or that which transmits something
- Russian: переда́тчик (peredátčik) — one who or that which transmits something
- Spanish: transmisor — one who or that which transmits something
- Swedish: sändare — one who or that which transmits something
- Ukrainian: передава́ч (peredaváč) — one who or that which transmits something
- Armenian: հաղորդիչ (haġordičʻ) — electronic device
- Belarusian: перада́тчык (pjeradátčyk) — electronic device
- Belarusian: перадава́льнік (pjeradaválʹnik) — electronic device
- Bulgarian: предава́тел (predavátel) — electronic device
- Catalan: transmissor — electronic device
- Czech: vysílač — electronic device
- Danish: sender — electronic device
- Esperanto: sendilo — electronic device
- Finnish: radiolähetin — electronic device
- French: transmetteur — electronic device
- German: Sendegerät — electronic device
- German: Sendeanlage — electronic device
- Greek: πομπός (pompós) — electronic device
- Greek: αναμεταδότης (anametadótis) — electronic device
- Hindi: प्रेषी (preṣī) — electronic device
- Irish: tarchuradóir — electronic device
- Latvian: raidītājs — electronic device
- Macedonian: предавател (predavatel) — electronic device
- Malay: pemancar — electronic device
- Polish: nadajnik — electronic device
- Portuguese: transmissor — electronic device
- Russian: переда́тчик (peredátčik) — electronic device
- Slovak: vysielač — electronic device
- Slovak: vysielačka — electronic device
- Spanish: transmisor — electronic device
- Ukrainian: передава́ч (peredaváč) — electronic device
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