repeater

[ ri-pee-ter ]

/ rɪˈpi tər /

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noun

a person or thing that repeats.

a repeating firearm.

Horology. a timepiece, especially a watch, that may be made to strike the hour or part of the hour.Compare clock watch.

Education. a pupil who repeats a course or group of courses that he or she has failed.

a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

a person who has been convicted and sentenced for one crime, and later for another; recidivist.

Mathematics. (no longer in technical use) a repeating decimal.

Telecommunications. a device capable of receiving one-way or two-way communications signals and delivering corresponding signals that are either amplified, reshaped, or both.

Navigation. gyro repeater.

Origin of repeater

First recorded in 1570–80; repeat + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM repeater

non·re·peat·er, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for repeater

But they had Winchester repeaters, and Peter's boys didn't know the muzzle of a gun from the neck of a gin-bottle.
The Manxman|Hall Caine
There were primaries in New York city in 1827, and hundreds of repeaters voted.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken
He knows how to take care of the repeaters, and is handy about election time.
The Autobiography of a Thief|Hutchins Hapgood
It seems that at least three factors operate to secure superior results for repeaters with heavier schedule.
The High School Failures|Francis P. Obrien

The fire from their Winchester repeaters blazed out like the streamers of the Northern Lights.
Essays in Little|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for repeater

repeater

/ (rɪˈpiːtə) /

noun

a person or thing that repeats

Also called: repeating firearm a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading

a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed

electrical engineering a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses

Also called: substitute nautical one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	repeater
释义	repeater [ ri-pee-ter ] / rɪˈpi tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR repeater ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person or thing that repeats. a repeating firearm. Horology. a timepiece, especially a watch, that may be made to strike the hour or part of the hour.Compare clock watch. Education. a pupil who repeats a course or group of courses that he or she has failed. a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election. a person who has been convicted and sentenced for one crime, and later for another; recidivist. Mathematics. (no longer in technical use) a repeating decimal. Telecommunications. a device capable of receiving one-way or two-way communications signals and delivering corresponding signals that are either amplified, reshaped, or both. Navigation. gyro repeater. Origin of repeater First recorded in 1570–80; repeat + -er¹ OTHER WORDS FROM repeater non·re·peat·er, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for repeater But they had Winchester repeaters, and Peter's boys didn't know the muzzle of a gun from the neck of a gin-bottle. The Manxman\|Hall Caine There were primaries in New York city in 1827, and hundreds of repeaters voted. The American Language\|Henry L. Mencken He knows how to take care of the repeaters, and is handy about election time. The Autobiography of a Thief\|Hutchins Hapgood It seems that at least three factors operate to secure superior results for repeaters with heavier schedule. The High School Failures\|Francis P. Obrien The fire from their Winchester repeaters blazed out like the streamers of the Northern Lights. Essays in Little\|Andrew Lang British Dictionary definitions for repeater repeater / (rɪˈpiːtə) / noun a person or thing that repeats Also called: repeating firearm a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed electrical engineering a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses Also called: substitute nautical one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to repeater prisoner, captive, felon, culprit, offender, crook, hooligan, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, thug, convict, mobster, lawbreaker, dial, clock, watch, chronometer, calendar, chronograph
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repeater

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