Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transmitter

/tɹænsmˈɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: trans-mit-ter
IPA: /tɹænsmˈɪtɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Epinephrine and dopamine are two other catecholamine transmitters."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English transmit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transmitter From transmit + -er.

Inflected Forms

transmitters (plural)

Derived Forms

chemotransmitter cotransmitter gaseotransmitter gasotransmitter gliotransmitter immunotransmitter microtransmitter multitransmitter neurotransmitter phosphotransmitter radiotransmitter retransmitter

Phrases

arc transmitter carbon transmitter emergency location transmitter emergency locator transmitter infinity transmitter radio transmitter

Synonyms

sender vector

Rhymes With

twitter bitter litter glitter hitter sitter fitter ritter emitter splitter critter quitter

Questions

How do you pronounce transmitter?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænsmˈɪtɚ/.
What does transmitter mean?: One who or that which transmits something (in all senses).
Where does transmitter come from?: Etymology tree English transmit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transmitter From transmit + -er.

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