Noun: transmitter tranz'mi-tu(r)
- A device used to broadcast radio or tv signals
"The powerful transmitter allowed the radio station to reach listeners hundreds of miles away";
- sender
- Someone who transmits a message
"The transmitter relayed the urgent information to headquarters";
- sender
- (microorganism) any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
"aphids are transmitters of plant diseases";
- vector
Derived forms: transmitters
Type of: agent, communicator, set
Encyclopedia: Transmitter