emitter
73
5.6
- noun
- /ɪˈmɪtər/
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emisor
- China is the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter by a huge margin, and if there's anything clear so far coming out of this year's Communist party Congress, it's that coal is having a bit of a revival in the world's second largest economy.
- greenhouse gas emitter
- carbon dioxide emitter
- emitter of greenhouse gases
So they're both emitters of photons and detectors of photons.
- So they're both emitters of photons and detectors of photons.
- So let's say we went ahead and put this little system on drip irrigation with emitters.
- The couplers are harder than the emitters are, so that's perfect.
Examples
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This camera is actually an electromagnetic pulse emitter.
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Offsets are activities undertaken, directly or indirectly, by an emitter to counteract the environmental damage caused by releasing greenhouse gases.
Academic text (2009) -
I think I want my emitter to be a little bit bigger.
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We take the power core and the emitter out of town.
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That's why the emitter works so well.
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Much of their communication was electromagnetic, but the emitter around Mare's neck took care of that.
Fiction book (2000) -
These new QDO leads use only blue emitters as their light source.
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OK, well, you've also got, you know, so this is a photon emitter right here.
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This is a light sensor, the IR LED or the IR emitters are inside here.
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This device acts as an emitter of infrared signals, allowing the remote control to operate from a distance.
Synonyms
142
3.9
A device that sends radio or television signals across long distances
18
5.6
A device that sends and receives signals, like a radio
12
3.0
A thing like a lamp or candle that makes a place bright so you can see
1
5.3
A device that sends radio or television signals
1
3.5
An object that sends out heat or light, for example the sun
1
3.9
A thing that gives light so you can see
A source that gives off light, sound, or energy
A source that gives off something like light or warmth
How Strong
- US
143
2.9
- Specialized
19
3.5
1
3.5
- Specialized
73
5.6
∞
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Emitter comes from the Latin emittere, with e- 'out' and mittere 'to send', just like transmit or the English word 'send'. So, an emitter is anything that 'sends out' light, energy, sound, or signals.