transmitter
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6.2
- noun
- /trænzˈmɪtər/
- Specialized
:
portador
- Otherwise, they risk investing their time and resources in the transmitter of someone else's genes.
- transmitter of Lyme disease
- transmitter of disease
- chemical transmitter
Examples
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Also, your mouth acts as a natural transmitter.
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This is the penguin with the transmitter.
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The bugs are the transmitter.
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Gyrfalcon, above, sports a transmitter.
Academic text (2009) -
I have done some fieldwork with migrating saw-whet owls, attaching a radio transmitter to their backs and then following their movements during the night.
Blog text (27) -
Even glassy-winged sharpshooters, the transmitter of Pierce's disease, which threatens to devastate southern California's grape vineyards, avoid kaolin-treated lemon trees.
Academic text (2000) -
The mosquito is a common transmitter of malaria, spreading the disease to humans.
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Immature ticks, which can carry various pathogens, are significant transmitters of Lyme disease.
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In a pandemic, humans can act as transmitters of the virus, infecting others through close contact.
Synonyms
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5.8
A person or animal that has a disease without showing signs and can pass it to others
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6.2
An organism or thing that carries and spreads disease and genes between living things
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7.9
A thing that carries germs from one person to another
1
7.6
A person, animal, or thing that spreads disease to others
A person or animal that carries a disease and can spread it to others
A person or animal who carries a disease without feeling sick but can infect others
A person or animal who spreads a contagious disease to many others because they have many germs
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A device on a satellite that sends signals to Earth or other satellites
- Specialized
A device that makes weak radio or phone signals stronger and sends them on
How Infectious
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- Specialized
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6.2
- Specialized
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6.2
- Specialized
43
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transmitter comes from Latin parts trans- ('across') and mittere ('to send'), the same root you see in words like send or mission. A helpful image is an insect or animal 'sending' a germ 'across' from one person to another, which is why a transmitter can mean a carrier of disease.