Meanings
plural transmitters
- One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters.
1988, Lubert Stryer, Biochemistry, 3rd edition, page 10251 more example
Habituation and dishabituation allow for experience-dependent tuning of these reflexes and the mechanisms underlying these forms of behavioral plasticity involve changes in transmitter release from the sensory to motor neuron synapses through homosynaptic depression and the serotonin-mediated recovery from depression, respectively.
2015 August 29, “Decline in the Recovery from Synaptic Depression in Heavier Aplysia Results from Decreased Serotonin-Induced Novel PKC Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - An electronic device that generates and amplifies a carrier wave, modulates it with a meaningful signal derived from speech, music, TV or other sources, and broadcasts the resulting signal from an antenna.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic نَاقِل
- نَاقِل (nāqil)one who or that which transmits something
Bulgarian предава́тел, предава́тел
- предава́тел (predavátel)one who or that which transmits something
- предава́тел (predavátel)electronic device
Catalan transmissor, transmissor
- transmissorone who or that which transmits something
- transmissorelectronic device
Chinese Mandarin 發射機 /发射机
- 發射機 /发射机 (fāshèjī)one who or that which transmits something
Czech vysílač, vysílač
- vysílačone who or that which transmits something
- vysílačelectronic device
Danish sender, afsender
- senderone who or that which transmits something
- afsenderone who or that which transmits something
- senderelectronic device
Esperanto sendilo
- sendiloelectronic device
Finnish lähetin, radiolähetin
- lähetinone who or that which transmits something
- radiolähetinelectronic device
French transmetteur, transmetteur
- transmetteurone who or that which transmits something
- transmetteurelectronic device
German Sender, Sendegerät
- Senderone who or that which transmits something
- Sendegerätelectronic device
- Sendeanlageelectronic device
Greek διαβιβαστής, πομπός
- διαβιβαστής (diavivastís)one who or that which transmits something
- πομπός (pompós)one who or that which transmits something
- πομπός (pompós)electronic device
- αναμεταδότης (anametadótis)electronic device
Hindi प्रेषी, प्रेषी
- प्रेषी (preṣī)one who or that which transmits something
- प्रेषी (preṣī)electronic device
Hungarian rádióadó
- rádióadóelectronic device
Icelandic sendir
- sendirone who or that which transmits something
Irish tarchuradóir
- tarchuradóirelectronic device
Japanese 送話器, トランスミッター
- 送話器 (sōwaki)one who or that which transmits something
- トランスミッター (toransumittā)one who or that which transmits something
Korean 송화기, 트랜스미터
- 송화기 (songhwagi)one who or that which transmits something
- 트랜스미터 (teuraenseumiteo)one who or that which transmits something
Latvian raidītājs
- raidītājselectronic device
Malay pemancar
- pemancarelectronic device
Norwegian Bokmål sender
- senderone who or that which transmits something
Polish nadawca, nadawczyni
- nadawcaone who or that which transmits something
- nadawczynione who or that which transmits something
- nadajnikelectronic device
- przekaźnikelectronic device
- radionadajnikelectronic device
- radioprzekaźnikelectronic device
Portuguese transmissor, transmissor
- transmissorone who or that which transmits something
- transmissorelectronic device
Romanian transmițător
- transmițătorone who or that which transmits something
Russian переда́тчик, переда́тчик
- переда́тчик (peredátčik)one who or that which transmits something
- переда́тчик (peredátčik)electronic device
Slovak vysielač, vysielačka
- vysielačelectronic device
- vysielačkaelectronic device
Spanish transmisor, transmisor
- transmisorone who or that which transmits something
- transmisorelectronic device
Swedish sändare
- sändareone who or that which transmits something
Ukrainian передава́ч, передава́ч
- передава́ч (peredaváč)one who or that which transmits something
- передава́ч (peredaváč)electronic device
Cite this entry
transmitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmitter
“transmitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmitter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmitter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmitter.
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