TRANSMITTER

English

Etymology

transmit +‎ -er

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

• carbon transmitter
• chemotransmitter
• cotransmitter
• emergency locator transmitter
• gaseotransmitter
• gasotransmitter
• gliotransmitter
• multitransmitter
• neurotransmitter
• phosphotransmitter
• radiotransmitter
• retransmitter
• teletransmitte