a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading
3.
a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed
4. electrical engineering
a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses
5. Also called: substitute nautical
one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated
repeater in American English
(rɪˈpitər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that repeats
2.
a watch or clock which, upon activation of a spring, will strike the time, sometimes to the nearestminute
3. US
repeating firearm
4. US
a person who has been convicted a number of times for violating the law
5. US
a person who fraudulently votes more than once in the same election
6. US, Education
a student who fails a course or grade, and then repeats it
7. Ancient Mathematics
repeating decimal
8. US, Telegraphy
a relay used to correct distortion and restore the strength of electrical signals
repeater in Electrical Engineering
(rɪpitər)
Word forms: (regular plural) repeaters
noun
(Electrical engineering: Computing and control)
A repeater is a device that amplifies or adds to incoming electrical signals and retransmitsthem, in order to compensate for transmission losses.
A repeater receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, or onto theother side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.
A repeater is used to boost the serial communications signal strength for long cable runs.
A repeater is a device that amplifies or adds to incoming electrical signals and retransmitsthem, in order to compensate for transmission losses.
Examples of 'repeater' in a sentence
repeater
Turner was braced in the seat behind the radar repeater scope.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2004)
Switching the autopilot to standby, Allen turned the helm a few degrees and watched as the repeater compass drifted to starboard.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2004)
There's a repeater system that takes bits of captured information and rebroadcasts it.
Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice DALE BROWN'S DREAMLAND (5) STRIKE ZONE (2004)