A transmitter is a piece of equipment that is used for broadcasting television or radio programmes.
transmitter in British English
(trænzˈmɪtə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that transmits
2.
the equipment used for generating and amplifying a radio-frequency carrier, modulating the carrier with information, and feeding it to an aerial for transmission
3.
the microphone in a telephone that converts sound waves into audio-frequency electrical signals
4.
a device that converts mechanical movements into coded electrical signals transmitted along a telegraph circuit
5. physiology short for neurotransmitter
transmitter in American English
(trænsˈmɪtər; trænzˈmɪtər; for 2, usually ˈtrænsˌmɪtər; ˈtrænzmɪtər)
noun
1.
a person who transmits
2.
a thing that transmits
; specif.,
a.
the part of a telegraphic instrument by which messages are sent
b.
the part of a telephone, behind or including the mouthpiece, that converts speech sound into electric impulses for transmission
c.
the apparatus that generates radio waves, modulates their amplitude or frequency, and transmits them by means of an antenna
transmitter in Electrical Engineering
(trænzmɪtər)
Word forms: (regular plural) transmitters
noun
(Electrical engineering: Communication)
A transmitter is a circuit that accepts signals or data in and translates them into a form that can be transmitted, usually over a distance.
The symbol for transmitter is either Tx or xmitter.
A smaller variable inductor between the transmitter and the antenna feedthrough is used for fine tuning.
The dummy load is a safety backup to protect the transmitter if the control box should lose power while transmitting.
A transmitter is a circuit that accepts signals or data in and translates them into a form thatcan be transmitted, usually over a distance.
transmission, transmit
Related wordsCompare transmitter with receiver, which is a circuit that accepts signals from a transmission medium and decodes ortranslates them into a form that can drive local circuits.
Examples of 'transmitter' in a sentence
transmitter
The mother was fitted with a radio transmitter to monitor their movements.
The Sun (2012)
Previously a radio transmitter had provided the isles with painfully slow internet speeds.
The Sun (2014)
All he could do was try different arrangements of transmitter and receiver.
Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)
All of them use a transmitter that clips to the incoming power cables to measure how much energy enters a home.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He switched on the radio transmitter.
Len Deighton Bomber
The rebels also plan to begin broadcasting soon from a radio transmitter in Malta.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He spent his first week trying to get his radio transmitter down from some high branches in a tree where it had got caught.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A seal takes to the airwaves - with a radio transmitter on its head.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
transmitter
British English: transmitter NOUN
A transmitter is a piece of equipment that is used for broadcasting television or radio programmes.