radio transmitter
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ trænˈsmɪtər/
- Specialized
:
transmisor de radio
- The radio transmitter broadcasts signals that can be received by nearby devices.
- VHF radio transmitter
- radio transmitter and receiver
Examples
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It has a radio transmitter.
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It was the strongest radio transmitter we could get.
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And we also need radio transmitters.
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We have found your abandoned radio transmitter.
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Your radio transmitter's on the wrong frequency.
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I place the radio transmitter inside the shoulder bag.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's fitted with a radio transmitter.
Fiction book (1992) -
Secondly, colonel, you have one of the most powerful radio transmitters in Europe.
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Next to the olive trees stood a police car with a radio transmitter.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're wearing a radio transmitter.
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
1
5.3
A device that sends radio or television signals
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound meaning is directly and transparently built from 'radio' (the medium using electromagnetic waves) and 'transmitter' (a device that emits signals); together they straightforwardly denote a device that sends radio signals. This is a regular noun–noun composition found across languages and follows predictable instrument-specifier logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The compound radio transmitter mixes the words radio, meaning invisible waves for sound and signals, and transmitter, meaning a device that 'sends' something. Think of a lighthouse sending light across the sea: a radio transmitter sends signals through the air, so it means a device that 'sends out radio signals'.