Transmitter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transmitter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Transmitter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transmitter n someone who transmits a message; "return to sender" [syn: sender, transmitter] any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects" Synonym(s): vector, transmitter set used to broadcast radio or tv signals Synonym(s): transmitter, sender
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transmitter \Trans*mit"ter\, n. One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- opposed to {receiver}.