tweetern.
/ˈtwiːtə/, U.S. /ˈtwidər/ A small loudspeaker designed to reproduce accurately high-frequency sounds whilst being relatively unresponsive to those of lower frequency. Cf. squawker n., woofer n.
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loudspeaker1884
speaker1926
condenser loudspeaker1929
monitor1931
tweeter1934
woofer1935
squawk box1945
ionophone1952
monitor speaker1954
mid-range1955
squawker1959
subwoofer1975
1934 Nature 25 Aug. 294/1 The extension of the range of acoustic fidelity permitted by the ‘tweeter’—the high frequency auxiliary speaker—is a boon.
1952 Electronic Engin. 24 583/3 The..Tweeter Unit is of the moving coil pressure type and is similar to that used in the 10in. and 12in. concentric Duplex loudspeakers.
1957 Times 3 May 13/4 Bearded young men talk of Beethoven in terms of baffles and tweeters.
1959 N. H. Crowhurst Basic Audio I. 67 Many installations use two or more speakers of different sizes..: large speakers (woofers) for the low frequencies, medium-sized speakers (squawkers) for the mid-range, and small speakers (tweeters) for the high frequencies.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. vi. 150 The output..drives the middle-frequency unit (squawker) and the high-frequency unit (tweeter) via a 4 kHz frequency divider.
1982 Hi-Fi Answers Oct. 77/1 These drive units are pretty unusual beasts, and the NS1000M sports two: a 30mm dome tweeter and a 8·8cm dome midrange unit.
Draft additions June 2015
A person who posts messages on the social networking service Twitter, esp. habitually. Cf. tweet v. 2.
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2007 @marioandrei 17 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Goes to sleep... Buenas Noches tweeters.
2009 T. Footman Noughties v. 78 The devolution of cultural power was not just from blogger to tweeter.
2015 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Jan. Sometimes you'll notice that one of your favourite tweeters hasn't been popping up in your time line.
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